i dont know if jp is a more suited board for this, please let me know

i'm having difficulty learning kanji, i have learned what some character mean but it's really hard to remember the actual kanji or sometimes the sounds it is comprised of

picrel for example, i recognized it as "right" but could not remember what sounds it makes, only managed to guess it by process of elimination and even then i was unsure, i've been doing this for a week now but i have properly learned to recognize only a few kanji like white, japan/sun and woman which i can identify immediately
is this normal? is there a more efficient way to learn kanji?