Playbooks
Looking Up Kanji by Radical, and the Faster Methods
The traditional radical-plus-stroke-count method, multi-radical search, handwriting input and optical lookup: which to use when, and what each one teaches you.
Lawrence Arya··10 min
Research
Kanji Stroke Count Explained, and What It Is For
Stroke count is a lookup index, not a difficulty rating. What counts as one stroke, why high counts are not hard, and where the number genuinely matters.
Lawrence Arya··10 min