# Qodi's study log **URL:** \ **Category:** Study Logs\ **Created:** [October 2, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216 "2024-10-02T15:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qodi](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/85f322/32.png) [@qodi](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/qodi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216/1 "2024-10-02T15:24:23Z")
Hello, simply put i’ll be updating daily to keep myself accountable. I have been studying Japanese for a while but I’ve been getting really busy with school, so I thought about the best thing to do. So I though I’d finish hanzihero within the time so I can get accustomed to learning/differentiating Hanzi/Kanji and knowing 3000+ Hanzi to smooth out my Japanese journey when I return to studying it. I intend to start out with 15 lessons a day and will be trying to ramp it up, alongside this I will most likely start doing 30 minutes of duchinese a day at 500 characters to reinforce/maintain my knowledge. Aside from this I also try to read french books for about an hour a day, for school purposes. You might think this is a stupid idea because I can really just use WaniKani or just reduce the amount of studying, and I agree but this seems to be the decision my mind wants to make and learning another extra language is always a good thing, so this is where my rant ends. :') ---
**Author:** ![phil](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/phil/32/6_2.png) [@phil](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/phil)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216/2 "2024-10-03T00:09:05Z")
Welcome aboard! I look forward to seeing your progress. I see that you’re doing the simplified course. While I think you’ll get sufficient overlap between the simplified characters and kanji, you may get more mileage with the traditional course instead. Out of curiousity I was able to find [a Google Drive PDF](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_v5DhUsRRWgeXFINWRRM1BUTjA/view?resourcekey=0-gQ8QHIvEPcyh3jSa8XnF6g) outlining the similarities and differences between the kanji, traditional, and simplified script. Though it only covers [only 1945 of the joyo kanji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dy%C5%8D_kanji) it can still help with a ballpark, assuming the information in the tables is accurate enough. I was able to extract the text and run some numbers and found that for the 1945 kanji, they’re: - 66% the same as simplified characters - 85% the same as traditional characters Maybe you have separate reasons for targeting simplified though, and 66% is pretty good all things considered 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![qodi](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/85f322/32.png) [@qodi](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/qodi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216/3 "2024-10-03T08:43:08Z")
Actually I did research but came to the conclusion that I’d rather learn the more frequently used script sacrificing the extra “gains” regarding kanji. Because whether or not I learn trad or simplified, it’s still going to be a tough path mastering thousands of kanji 😂 Also with this I mark my first log. Today I also looked into comprehensible input and gathered some resources. ---
**Author:** ![piot](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@piot](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/piot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216/4 "2024-10-03T20:29:17Z")
Hello, you are not alone 😃 My flow of thoughts was similar: - Lets lean japanese ! - Ok let’s use WaniKani - Oh there is so many kanji that came from hanzi - And here i am with hanzihero learning … Taiwanese ? ---
**Author:** ![CrisHanzi](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/crishanzi/32/564_2.png) [@CrisHanzi](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/CrisHanzi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216/5 "2024-10-04T05:39:22Z")
![SmartSelect_Pin](https://community-b2-cdn.hanzihero.com/original/1X/718f47bdc0e16e25e282319843a5a9e2bfc71c61.jpeg) and that is a very smart decision. Doing what you enjoy is the best pathway you can take to achieve anything. Also, the capacity of a young mind is limitless, and learning lenguages,a few at a time , will assist you to expand it even more. Success with all your studies. ---
**Author:** ![dynuel](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dynuel](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/dynuel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216/6 "2025-07-09T01:31:25Z")
please do share your comprehensible input resources! ---
**Author:** ![kaysik](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/kaysik/32/602_2.png) [@kaysik](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/kaysik)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/qodis-study-log/3216/7 "2025-07-09T03:18:16Z")
I’m not who you asked but here’s my list of Mandarin CI channels for what it’s worth: - [https://www.youtube.com/@comprehensiblechinese](https://www.youtube.com/@comprehensiblechinese) - [https://www.youtube.com/@annieluo1307](https://www.youtube.com/@annieluo1307) - [https://www.youtube.com/@stellatuan.Chinese](https://www.youtube.com/@stellatuan.Chinese) - [https://www.youtube.com/@talkinChinese\_redred](https://www.youtube.com/@talkinChinese_redred) - [https://www.youtube.com/@chinese-at-dawn](https://www.youtube.com/@chinese-at-dawn) - [https://www.youtube.com/@chinesemandarincherry](https://www.youtube.com/@chinesemandarincherry) - [https://www.youtube.com/@alisonmandarin1729](https://www.youtube.com/@alisonmandarin1729) - [https://www.youtube.com/@blablachinese7526](https://www.youtube.com/@blablachinese7526) - [https://www.youtube.com/@chinesekk](https://www.youtube.com/@chinesekk) - [https://www.youtube.com/@MandarinClick](https://www.youtube.com/@MandarinClick) - [https://www.youtube.com/@flowingmandarinlab](https://www.youtube.com/@flowingmandarinlab) - [https://www.youtube.com/@acupofchinese](https://www.youtube.com/@acupofchinese) - [https://www.youtube.com/@ChinesePodcastWithShenglan](https://www.youtube.com/@ChinesePodcastWithShenglan) Bonus link: - Peppa Pig episodes in Mandarin with full subs (both Eng + Chinese): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eje1Xi\_Iu0k&list=PLJqCvvdEL3dFt4m0JOD3Z1gkLXRVMHCbL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eje1Xi_Iu0k&list=PLJqCvvdEL3dFt4m0JOD3Z1gkLXRVMHCbL) If you’re just starting out start I’d recommend starting here: [Lazy Chinese Beginner Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CMzfhsCYrA&list=PLjgH7-dte9OI70iliLciPVVYaNc3tJZKu), but depending on your level and preferences something here should be useful!