So I just learned 6 kanji first six it's hard to remember all the definitions, sounds, names for the kanji does anyone know what I can do to make this better for me?
For me I would reduce the max learning of kanji terms per day to 3. Try to use mnemonics and don't just be discouraged just because you just learned something. It takes time for our brain to adjust to new things that we have seen for the first time .
I can offer some encouragement. The first year kanji are considered elementary not because they’re easy (they aren’t), but because they are so common. You’ll be seeing them a lot, and will have plenty of opportunities to improve your mastery of all the meanings and readings.
Once you move past these initial characters, things tend to settle down, with fewer readings and meanings per character. Some characters are only used in one word.
You don't need to learn everything. It's easier to just move forward and come back later.
For the reading, I'm still only learning the primary school reading because I choose to learn in that order (and I still have a few kanji with primary school reading before starting the middle school one). Trying to learn all the reading of some "basic" is just a nighmare and honnestly, I don't think it's worth it to spend too much time on those at the beginning. In the same, that doesn't mean that I know all of them perfectly or that I only know primary school reading. Some primary school reading are more uncommon than other and thus harder to remember. In the same, I already learn reading that are taught in school because I encounter a few words that use those reading.
For the definition, I often reviewed basic kanji because some words gave more insight at some point. Also, now, that I'm able to read definition in japanese, I also review a lot of basic kanji. And it's not like I'm "studying" them again, it's more like I'm randomely reviewing them because of that last word that I've learned. And sometimes, I also don't even review them because they meaning became "obvious". By that, I mean, past 50 words for example.
So even if you're not learning kanji directly, you wil often learn more about them indirectly. And some aspect may be also easier to remember that way. It's like creating a web. Alone kanji can "fall off" more easily. But when they are in a web of meaning, it's more difficult for them to "fall off".
