On day thirty, she learned 鬱 (depression)—a nightmare of 29 strokes. The moment she wrote it from memory, her coffee turned cold and the room’s shadows stretched toward her. She blinked. Shadows returned to normal. Coffee stayed cold.
Don't just look at the 5,000 characters as unique drawings. Learn the 214 radicals first; they act as the "alphabet" for all kanji. 5000 kanji pdf