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I can read ~3000 kanji and write about 2 (人 and 火). My thoughts : For reading, I really don't think the ~2k 常用漢字 are enough. Let's just take a basic word like 儚い (はかない) : I've seen it approximately 50 times in 2.5y of learning. It's frequent, and not 常用. In light novels, the 30k most frequent words represent about a little less than 3k kanji / the 50k most frequent words represent about ~3.4k kanji (my stats, based on JPDB frequency dict). Of course, it fully depends on the level of fluency you want to reach. I feel 3k is not enough in my case based on what I read, but I enjoy immersion since I reached about 1.5k kanji. As for writing, well, I'd like to learn it at some point because it's cool, but it's not really useful in daily life (I don't even write on paper in my native language that often).
Thanks for the comment and sharing. I personally also don’t write much (any of the 3 languages I know) but it helps for memorization and is pretty time consuming. I feel like the 常用漢字 is a good goal, but daily reading should be prioritized based on goals and profession (travel, work, etc.) as you’ve mentioned. Edit: I like reading words like: 林檎、りんご 海豚、いるか 麺、めん But in Japan they often use kana instead. Best L
Could you please shed light on your kanji learning process? Specifically readings ig. I personally learn them thro new vocab and haven't touched on JUST kanji type studying.
Great video! Kanji Café is without a doubt, the most beneficial book I’ve used for kanji. Before I started using it, I could still identify words in context but I could not identify individual kanji. Now I can write 140 of them. At first I was skeptical about doing 5 kanji a day, however the mnemonics really do help solidify the kanji into your memory.
I appreciate the feedback on Kanji Café. I know not everyone likes mnemonics, but it’s a great advantage especially adults have. I’m excited to release book 2 early 2025! Talk soon! :>
The concept of a non phoentic writing system is very hard for people and we tend to assume it just doesn't make sense and has to be memorised. Many people get stuck or brute force them and internalise a weird lesson. How many you need really depends what you're reading!! I played Dragon Quest 3 and many times you see kanji and hiragana used for the same word, it was quite a comfortable experience for me although I normally dislike reading silently. I think if you read with an audiobook you hardly need to know any, but you do get confused by all the jukugo and how there can be so many similar words or specific words, so it's a bit double edged.
That is a mistake I see people making again and again: obsessing over kanji. You should focus on words, not kanji. You have to memorize words, not kanji. Even if you could memorize all the billions of kanji in existence, you still wouldn't be able to speak Japanese. Because a language, any language is about words, not individual letters. Because kanji is nothing more than a letter. Just because you have memorized all the 26 letters of the alphabet doesn't mean you can speak a language. Historically each kanji MAY have a meaning. But there are many words in Japanese which are impossible to deduce the meaning from the kanji. 新幹線 for example, means bullet train, but it is impossible to get the meaning of the word from the kanji. So memorizing kanji does not help you. Not just Japanese, for every language you have to focus on words, as they are listed in the dictionary. For every word you have to memorize the meaning, the spelling and the pronunciation. The effort to memorize a word is exactly the same, no matter the language. So Japanese is no more difficult than any other language.
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🇯🇵 How do you learn kanji?
✨ Current Japanese Flashcard Anki Decks per level:
▪ N5: payhip.com/b/fFRl7
▪ N4: payhip.com/b/s3L0P
▪ N3: payhip.com/b/fQ2Om
▪ N2: payhip.com/b/84suD
▪ N1 presell: payhip.com/b/p5M1J
Anki website: apps.ankiweb.net/
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Learn Kanji with Mnemonics:
🇯🇵 Get Kanji Café Book 1: payhip.com/b/XQPUW
📚 Free Playlist Course: ruclips.net/p/PLnjLU3ymcKhibY8x5s0fMN7SvOB6DELek
📒 Spiral Book 1: payhip.com/b/jTYl2
🍎 Get access to Playnese RPG, JLPT Anki decks and Kanji Café on Patreon:
• www.patreon.com/japaneselibrary
Email Light: LightSmit5@gmail.com
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I can read ~3000 kanji and write about 2 (人 and 火).
My thoughts :
For reading, I really don't think the ~2k 常用漢字 are enough. Let's just take a basic word like 儚い (はかない) : I've seen it approximately 50 times in 2.5y of learning. It's frequent, and not 常用. In light novels, the 30k most frequent words represent about a little less than 3k kanji / the 50k most frequent words represent about ~3.4k kanji (my stats, based on JPDB frequency dict).
Of course, it fully depends on the level of fluency you want to reach. I feel 3k is not enough in my case based on what I read, but I enjoy immersion since I reached about 1.5k kanji.
As for writing, well, I'd like to learn it at some point because it's cool, but it's not really useful in daily life (I don't even write on paper in my native language that often).
Thanks for the comment and sharing. I personally also don’t write much (any of the 3 languages I know) but it helps for memorization and is pretty time consuming.
I feel like the 常用漢字 is a good goal, but daily reading should be prioritized based on goals and profession (travel, work, etc.) as you’ve mentioned.
Edit: I like reading words like:
林檎、りんご
海豚、いるか
麺、めん
But in Japan they often use kana instead.
Best
L
Could you please shed light on your kanji learning process? Specifically readings ig. I personally learn them thro new vocab and haven't touched on JUST kanji type studying.
Back in my day, there were 1945 Kanji in that list. Some name Kanji were added from the name list.
You’re right. I once bought a Kanji book, little did I know it was the older version.
Great video! Kanji Café is without a doubt, the most beneficial book I’ve used for kanji. Before I started using it, I could still identify words in context but I could not identify individual kanji. Now I can write 140 of them. At first I was skeptical about doing 5 kanji a day, however the mnemonics really do help solidify the kanji into your memory.
I appreciate the feedback on Kanji Café. I know not everyone likes mnemonics, but it’s a great advantage especially adults have. I’m excited to release book 2 early 2025! Talk soon! :>
I am still learning Light Sir
Pacing myself
Short days now
Long nights too
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Indeed Patrick. I often want to do everything now ASAP, but pacing is important. 👍 Have a fun weekend 😎
The concept of a non phoentic writing system is very hard for people and we tend to assume it just doesn't make sense and has to be memorised. Many people get stuck or brute force them and internalise a weird lesson.
How many you need really depends what you're reading!! I played Dragon Quest 3 and many times you see kanji and hiragana used for the same word, it was quite a comfortable experience for me although I normally dislike reading silently. I think if you read with an audiobook you hardly need to know any, but you do get confused by all the jukugo and how there can be so many similar words or specific words, so it's a bit double edged.
That is a mistake I see people making again and again: obsessing over kanji.
You should focus on words, not kanji.
You have to memorize words, not kanji.
Even if you could memorize all the billions of kanji in existence, you still wouldn't be able to speak Japanese.
Because a language, any language is about words, not individual letters.
Because kanji is nothing more than a letter.
Just because you have memorized all the 26 letters of the alphabet doesn't mean you can speak a language.
Historically each kanji MAY have a meaning.
But there are many words in Japanese which are impossible to deduce the meaning from the kanji.
新幹線 for example, means bullet train, but it is impossible to get the meaning of the word from the kanji.
So memorizing kanji does not help you.
Not just Japanese, for every language you have to focus on words, as they are listed in the dictionary.
For every word you have to memorize the meaning, the spelling and the pronunciation.
The effort to memorize a word is exactly the same, no matter the language.
So Japanese is no more difficult than any other language.
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Apparently I know about 145 😩
Great! We all started with 1, just a matter of time before you get there :) Keep it up! 👍
Where can i but those kanji books for kids?
Hi. On Amazon. I should really include the books & their links in the description next time. Thanks for the reminder. 👍