Aze Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 I've had this trouble since I started learning Japanese, and I saw some other members said they have the same problem too. I can remember which is which, but everytime they appear in a sentence I'll get confused and have to reread a few times to get the character right. It is harder when the sentence is handwritten too. Does anyone have tips on how to recognize the difference right away, and making it stick to memory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) Write or type words using these letters every day. Don't overdue it, that'd be rote memorisation and that's bad. Instead, write some words once every 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 4 days, etc. and pronounce those in your head while writing or typing. Although I found these 4 letters the easiest to learn, I can understand the confusion. シ and ツ look as similar to each other as f and t look similar. But as with Latin letters, the more you practise, the better you'll distinguish them. As a little help:シリーズ - shiriizu (series) レッツゴー - rettsu goo (let's go) サタン - satan リソート - risooto (resort) Edited March 23, 2016 by Blaveloper Typo. Aze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aze Posted March 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Ohh thank you for the tips! I've been focusing too much on writing kanji that I forgot I should practise katakana too. o: Also I found remembering ツ is easier since it appears a lot as the small ツ in words like レッ ツ . I think I'll try focusing on just ツ and ン since I remember one of my teachers used to say "just remember one, so you won't get confused." It was a tip for memorizing which mathematical formula to use to solve a chemistry problem, but I think it will help for something like this too haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 I remember having this problem when I first started learning Japanese. It's confusing and there's no reason for those characters to look so much alike XD If you look really carefully, you'll see the difference though. The long line for シ (shi) and ン (n) goes from bottom up so it's slightly more slanted. The long line for ツ (tsu) and ソ (so) goes from top to bottom so it's slightly more curved. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus_Spelaeus Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 These always throw me too. It was as hard for me as when I was trying to teach my students the difference between b, p, and q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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