I answered a similar question before. I am learning Kanji starting from the words used most in daily conversation or writing. This video has a very wonderful idea to start your Kanji learning with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JX85mQd9bs And, since the Kanji stroke order is EXTREMELY important, I use this website to help me out with this: http://jisho.org/kanji/ Hope that was helpful...^_^

Start from remembering the radicals (the elements of which each kanji character is composed) and use mnemonics. For example 休　(休む - yasumu - to rest) is composed of 2 radicals: イ (人 - hito - man) + 木 (ki - tree) so just imagine a man resting under a tree and you've got a mnemonic for this kanji :). Hope this helps.

わたしはにほんじんじゃないげと、ちゅうごくじんだから、こんなことならじしんがあります。 まあ、かんじをりかいしたらおぼえることはやさしくなるでしょう。 でも、あたしはにほんごがじょうずじゃないので、いっしょにがんばりしましょう。