How many Kanji do you know?

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BamaFan2989

c'est moi.

19 Oct 2004

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Hey guys I was wondering how much Kanji you knew.. thanks.

 

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okaeri_man

Tadaima!

6 Sep 2003

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• #2

easily 500+! if i can do it you can do it too!

 

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BamaFan2989

c'est moi.

19 Oct 2004

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lol, thanks.

 

kisu

後輩

4 May 2003

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• 6 Nov 2004

• #4

200-300 I can write myself. But I'm sure I could recognize at least a hundered more.

^^

~Kisu

 

Maciamo

先輩

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17 Jul 2002

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I have edited your poll a bit, as many people here know more than 500 kanji, I think (then it is "how many" and not "how much").

 

Elizabeth

先輩

22 Apr 2003

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Between 1500-2000, if anyone wants to amend my response from the 500 + category.

 

DoctorP

先輩

3 Jun 2004

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hmmmm? maybe it should be amended one more time. I think the first choice should be zero since I am sure that some people do not know any kanji! I myself know only about 150.

 

MeAndroo

先輩

29 Jul 2004

767

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• #8

It all depends...can I use my cell phone?

 

Nuala

Hell's Finest Daughter

15 Jul 2004

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• #9

I know no kanji at the moment.

 

puKKa

ねえーちゃん

25 Aug 2004

210

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• #10

I know a few right now, trying to learn kana first then kanji

 

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Kamisama

Ooh, i'm a green belt.

6 Oct 2004

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• #11

Who knows over 2000 kanji?
Does anyone have any good websites that teach kanji and the many sentences it can be related to? Not just words but examples a whole kanji broken down.

I was working on a tutorial I had over 50 lessons.. but i lost them in a virus.

 

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PaulTB

Manga Psychic

22 Jan 2004

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Kamisama said:

Who knows over 2000 kanji?

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I think the correct spelling is "What bastard knows over 2000 kanji?"
I don't know who you are - but I'm going to be there next year.
覚えておくぞ！

Kamisama said:

I was working on a tutorial I had over 50 lessons.. but i lost them in a virus.

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Your next lessons will be in Data Recovery, Redudancy in Backup Systems and Virus Protection, will they? :sorry:

 

Maciamo

先輩

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Btw, I voted 1500-2000.

 

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PaulTB

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22 Jan 2004

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Maciamo said:

Btw, I voted 1500-2000.

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Hmm, me too.

What this needs is a totally unfair tie-breaker.

What is the full kana version and rough meaning of the following words?

(They are all from my 'nasty vocab' list for moderately common words that I keep forgetting - I got them all wrong last time I tried them and I haven't tried these for at least four or so days.)

頑な
戊戌
緊迫
宣誓
主催
礎
啓蒙
連邦
颯爽と
柑橘類

copy and paste (not quote) the above list and enter your answers - then see my answers and what EDICT said below.

MY ANSWERS: ('hidden' by white text).











頑な かたくな stubborn TICK
戊戌 ぼじゅつ 6th of the sexagenary cycle CROSS (35th)
緊迫 けんはく tense CROSS (きんぱく
宣誓 せんせい oath TICK
主催 しゅさい supervisor of meeting CROSS (Organisation, sponsorship)
礎 いにしえ foundation, basis CROSS (いしずえ foundation stone
啓蒙 けいごう luxury CROSS (けいもう enlightenment)
連邦 れんぽう Commonwealth TICK
颯爽と さっそうと Jauntily TICK
柑橘類 かんちつるい citrus fruits CROSS (かんきつるい)

4 out of 10. (Not so good)

 

mad pierrot

I jump to conclusions

22 Nov 2003

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not enough! I'm stuck in that kanji "No man's land" between 500 and 1,000. Not enough to read, but more than just a few.

 

Stutz

先輩

10 Oct 2004

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• #16

Just around 50 at the moment. I hope to be around 200 by the end of the spring semester in May.

 

Emoni

先輩

20 Sep 2003

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• #17

Good poll. I was curious to the amount of Kanji the posters here knew as well.

 

Mike Cash

骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう

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15 Mar 2002

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Maciamo said:

Btw, I voted 1500-2000.

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That's because you're a redneck.

(Oh, wait a minute.....wrong thread. Sorry)

 

blade_bltz

天才じゃん！

11 Aug 2004

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• #19

eh 750 or so. I'm getting lazy >_<

 

BrennaCeDria

Lovely Angel

5 May 2004

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• #20

Just under 50. T.T

 

Buntaro

運動不足

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27 Dec 2003

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• #21

Hey, how about a poll for how many kanji we have forgotten!!!

 

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PaulTB

Manga Psychic

22 Jan 2004

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Buntaro said:

Hey, how about a poll for how many kanji we have forgotten!!!

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All of them. Several times.

Luckily I've memorized most of them again at a later point.

 

serewen

後輩

5 Sep 2003

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• #23

around 2k+

 

SajberJohan

後輩

21 Oct 2004

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• #24

Well, I'm supposed to know like 45 or 60, and although I recognize allmost all of them I only remember how to write like half of them...

Kanji is really bothersome, and sometimes it's straight up useless! I mean comeon, if you want to write tabemono it's like 10 times more bothersome to replace the "ta" with the kanji than just plain writing "ta" in hiragana. I think whoever made these kanjis up was having a real fun time thinking of how we gaijins would have trouble understanding and learning them (or atleast I have ). :banghead:

 

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Bekkichan

Transloter!

14 Jul 2004

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• #25

I went with 400-499, because in the middle of my next-to-last quarter in college (somewhere between 1/04 and 3/04), I finished the JWL (Japanese: the Written Language) text, which covers 400 kanji. Throughout the next 3 or 4 months I learned some supplementary ones from various sources... and since graduating in June '04 I've been translating some website content every week, as well as regularly chatting with Japanese people via email, forums, and MSN... all of which helped me learn to recognize LOTS more. I wouldn't say I'm over 500 though... mainly because I lost count months ago. Plus, if we're talking about writing, I probably remember less than half that amount, so... heh.