If I misunderstand your question, I'm sorry. Almost Japanese people recognize kanji as form 形(かたち). I think It says the same thing in English. English country's people can speak a word, but sometime they don't know its spell. Kanji is same! Japanese people can read a word without writing. For example 恋をする。(Fall in love) Some people can't write 恋, but they can understand the mean. Because they remember the form of 恋. So, I recommend you to read many easy Japanese book. Thank you for reading.