日本語 Japanese Ask Questions Thread 5

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Hey guys.

I really want to teach myself Japanese; I've successfully learned both hiragana and katakana.  The next step is to obviously learn grammar, vocab, etc.  Along with vocab comes kanji.  Kanji absolutely terrify me.  What are your methods on tackling kanji?  Is it as hard as it seems?