Antonio FrecenteseFeb 4
Time for a question about #Japanese: how to study #kanji.
My question is about the order: would it be better to study #kyōiku kanji first, then the remaining #jōyō, or better to follow #JLPT?
I ask this because I saw that kyōiku kanji also include rarely used kanji, according to various “lists” I discovered. On the other side, JLPT lists are prepared with old exams and are not official (they’re discouraged).
Personally I think that following the kyōiku list, as Japanese children, could be ->
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-> fine because it would lead to a general knowledge useful for basic, general content, we would have more or less the same ability of Japanese children. Later, we could learn the other kanji based on frequency, or on what we find.
But JLPT seems to be better for more practical communication needs, for us non-Japanese speaking people.

What do you think?

Feb 4 at 8:28pmWeb
Show threadAesdeefFeb 4

@chakuari I would suggest simply following a textbook and learning the characters as they are introduced in specific words, plus any vocabulary that you find interesting and useful (e.g. 囲碁 if you're interested in the game of go)

Using materials for children at the beginning is generally not a great idea - an average 9-year-old doesn't care about words like "health insurance" or "job interview", but could talk at length about dinosaurs or bugs or plants or stuff

I'd also stay clear from anything that claims that kanji are pictures, since that's nonsense and it won't get you far

Show threadAntonio FrecenteseFeb 4
@aesdeef In fact I was tempted by the “Basic kanji book” series. And yes, I play go.😜