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I just started learning Japanese yesterday, I have memorized 〇 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 日 月 火 水 木 金 土 雨 天 田 円 天 気 空 石 川 山. I programmed a Japanese response so that I literally "read" them in Japanese. I look at 田 and think "Ta" and then the after thought is Rice Field. I also have all their stroke orders memorized. Its fun learning these, my question is. Should I just memorize like two thousand kanji before I even begin Genki I and Genki II? Or is it a bad idea? I kind of thought of just building a solid Kanji foundation but this thread and the plebbit guide don't mention this. Thoughts?

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