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How many Kanji do you know?

How many Kanji do you know?

  • 0-99

    Votes: 134 43.4%

  • 100-199

    Votes: 37 12.0%

  • 200-299

    Votes: 18 5.8%

  • 300-399

    Votes: 16 5.2%

  • 400-499

    Votes: 9 2.9%

  • 500-1000

    Votes: 44 14.2%

  • 1000-1500

    Votes: 15 4.9%

  • 1500-2000

    Votes: 18 5.8%

  • Over 2000

    Votes: 19 6.1%
  • Total voters
    309
I know about 20 very well (know all their readings, and can write them)
I can write about 30 other ones, but don't know all of their readings ...
and I can recognize about 60 other ones, either by meaning or pronunciation, or both...
 
I know around 300 - 400 for now, but it is getting harder to remember.
I wonder why...
I usually forget the radical they use.
 
According to a test I took online, about 1000-1100. I've come quite far from 480 last year, and 180 the year before that.

Unfortunately, I don't have enough posts to post the URL...
 
123, but I only started seriously studying a few days ago...before that I was slacking off...
 
I used to know quite a few, but now it's dwindled due to lack of practice, so right now it's down to 50 or so. It's kinda sad, on my part, since I used to take Chinese....
 
1.3 billion... oh wait thats the population of China... uhh.. maybe 1800+
 
I counted at it was about 2 000

But I should know more I think...
according to time I am learning ...
I know almost all jouyou kanji,
and some others..

If you want to learn something:

鮟鱇 あんこう = monkfish
鸚鵡 おうむ ＝ parrot
駱駝 らくだ ＝ camel
蜈蚣 むかで ＝ centipede
 
Gotta tell you -- once you stop counting how many kanji you know, you will be on the way to learning the language.


Tony
 
I like knowing how many kanji I know though; it shows me how much I'm advancing, and I know a great test online to approximate the number you know.
 
Heisig-way (can write and have an idea of what it means): about 2042

Of witch can read in a sentence: about 400.

Working on that though. ^^

@tada:
I test myself on a kanji testing website every couple of months. I suppose it is the same one. Can't remember the url though..

@AJBryant
Testing yourself once in a while is a good motivational tool. ^^


Ps. Found the url!
Kanji Level Check, MLC Japanese Language School in Tokyo
 
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Well I'm a Japanese translator by profession, so I imagine I know more than 2,000 in some way shape or form.
 
Good for you!
I won't take it yet again. I'll test myself again in a couple of months.
 
OMG! I'm so envious of the 2000+ plus guys!! I'm taking those Japanese proficiency tests soon and it would help if I knew that much 0.0
 
It definitely doesn't happen overnight. Keep studying, and you'll get there eventually.
Good luck with your test!
 
Thank you! I'm studying upwards of 30 new kanji a day for now...I hope i can keep track of them all! lol 死んじゃうぞ！
 
Kenjirou said:
Thank you! I'm studying upwards of 30 new kanji a day for now...I hope i can keep track of them all! lol 死んじゃうぞ！
Click to expand...

If you study that many a day, you'll probably get burnt out...
 
Lol... i already feel burned out, but its chill, because im gonna stop when i reach a certain point.. but i don't know when ill reach it so... I'll just keep going =)
 
I know about 10 kanji for a moment.
But im learning Japanese over 2 weeks and I know only hiragana and katakana.
Time will come for kanji
 
I know about 15.000 kanji, because I also study Kangxi dictionary.
 
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