Relate kanji

Relate KanjiMárcio Valença Ramos

June, 2016

IN CONTEXT:

THE JAPANESE

LANGUAGE

IN JAPANESE WE HAVE

THREE ALPHABETS

Hiragana

Hiraganahas

46Unique letters

Katakana

Katakanahas

46Unique letters

Jouyou Kanji

Jouyou Kanjihas

2,136Unique ideograms

ETYMOLOGY

ETYMOLOGY:

MUTUAL, WORTHY

HEART

CONCEPT,THOUGHT

EYE

TREE

Sometimes,the connection is

obvious

PERSON TREEREST,SLEEP

Sometimes,it is

not

MOON/MEAT

BLADE BEFOREGRASS(VARIANT)

READINGS

This is WATERIn Japanese:

MIZU

This is ROADIn Japanese:

MICHI

This is WATER SUPPLYIn Japanese:

MIZU-MICHI???

NO! It is:SUI-DOU

For them,

ITS LIKE

GREEK

When someone has

FEARRelated to

WATERWe say:

AQUA-PHOBIANot:

WATER-FEAR

Their origin:

CHINA

So, the kanji alphabet has

2,136Unique letters.

Each with:

Zero or more Japanese ReadingsOne or more Chinese ReadingsOne or more associated Concepts

How can

ANYONEEver hope to learn such a

COMPLEXAlphabet?

IN CONTEXT:

THE HUMAN

BRAIN

In truth, we know very

LITTLEabout our own

BRAIN

But one thing we’re sure of:

It works as a

NETWORK

Thoughts and memories are

NOT ISOLATEDFrom each other

When we remember a fact,

It triggersand

RefreshesAll our

Related Knowledge

Therefore, we can learn our best by

RELATING And

ASSOCIATINGKnowledge

IN CONTEXT:

THE WEBSITE

Based on

THREEservices

road-way

Components: ⿺

Looks Like:

Contained by:

Road-way, Street, Journey

ON: DOU, TOU KUN: MICHI

Words with

BROWSE

road-way

Learn Kanji

road-way

Learn Kanji

Road-way, Street, Journey

Hard More or less OK Easy

road-way

Learn Words

road-way

Learn Words

Suidou

Water-Way

Hard More or less OK Easy

IN CONTEXT:

DATA RETRIEVAL

DATAMINING

MANUAL CURATION

A JSON Graph:{"k": "相", "c": ["木", "目"], "l": [], "s": ["⿰"], "on": ["しょう", "そう"],

"kun": {"あい": []}, "nanori": ["あ", "い", "おう", "さ", "さが", "すけ"],

"m": "mutual, worthy", "extra_m": "inter-, together, each other, minister of state,

councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy", "strokes": "9", "grade": "3",

"ic": ["想", "箱", "霜"], "r": "", "cc": []}

IN CONTEXT:

COMPUTER TECHNIQUES

Initial ordering:

PageRank with

Heterogeneous Random Restarts

Weighted by Frequency

Teaching efficiently:

Usage of

Two graphs to make a

Cognitive Model

Etymological Graph

Co-occurrenceGraph

IN CONTEXT:

EVALUATIONMETRICS

Site popularity:

Unique Users per Month

Site popularity:

Engagement

A/B Testing

QUESTIONS?