Finally made some use of those Kanji Cards I bought some 10 years ago. I spent a good three and half hours tonight taking inventory of KANJI I know from those I don’t (1) After I started I realized it would take a really long time but I wasn’t going to quit halfway (2) I sorted them into 3 piles:
Left: KANJI I know most of the readings for (1053)
Middle: KANJI I know the meaning but not the reading (191)
Right: KANJI I don’t know at all (798)
There are 2042 KANJI in this set which make up the JOYO KANJI (general-use kanji) I never really studied KANJI formally but this year I’m planning to pass Level 1 so I’m starting my study early. I realized a few things tonight. One is that I know quite a lot of KANJI! Two, there are still lots of KANJI I’ve never even seen before. Three, there are lots of KANJI that look the same.
As incentive to study diligently and finally get that Level One, I decided that if I pass I will buy myself a new car :) Knowing myself I’ll probably just buy one anyway.
Wow, that’s a lot of kanji there. The kanji I know are probably contained in your middle pile of cards.
I thought there were 1950 or so official kanji not over 2000? Ah well, what’s an extra 100??
Good luck on winning the car, even if you have to buy it yourself!
Yes you’re probably right about the number of Joyo Kanji. I meant to say I was refering to the number of kanji cards in the set.
To be honest I still have a way to go. I put kanji I knew at least one reading and one word for in the left pile so I still need to learn all of them completely!
Good lord that’s a lot of kanji! How much did that flashcard set cost you? I’m so sad. I think I retained only about a hundred. (;_;)
That set I bought a while back for around 10,000yen. They still sell it although the color of the box is light blue now and I heard the cards are flimsier but I can’t be sure. It’s a nice set of cards and I’m finally going to use them.