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Originally Posted by SakanaMidori
I thought it took like 2000 to read a newpaper and there were like 6000 total.....  |
The official Daily Use Kanji include just under 2000 kanji. However, the "essential kanji" that you pretty much HAVE to know number at 881 and are all learned by the 6th grade. The remainder are to be learned in secondary-education.
If you include the official Name Kanji (jinmeiyō kanji 人名用漢字), then there are about 2200 characters, for a total of a bit over four-thousand.
See:
Introduction to Kanji - Japan Reference
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Originally Posted by Ichigo2013
HOLY CRAP! I have learn all three of those, and cram them into 4 years! I have to do it before I turn 18. (I'm 14) Crap! Gotta get working asap. Can anyone help me with these?
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Yeesh, better get on it. Four years should be plenty, though, if you really work at it. I've been at this for four months and I have a pretty good grasp of grammar, know three of the four writing systems, am learning kanji, and building up a useable vocabulary. For self-teaching, that's not too bad, I guess. Imagine how much I could learn in four years! Of course, I am finally enrolled in a formal course at my college, so that'll definitely be a big boost.
My recommendations: Take as many Japanese classes as you can in high school (if you have J-Classes there, I know some don't), never watch an English-dubbed Anime again--only watch Japanese dub, try to find friends who share your interest so that you have someone to talk at (yes, 'at' XD)--better yet, find friends who already speak the language, if you can--, spend a lot of time on the internet poring through whatever resources you can get your hands on. If you're lucky enough to graduate at 17, see if you can't take a summer course in Japanese at a local community college. After all that, seeing as it seems you have a goal that's to be reached at 18, take the JLPT (I assume you're going to Japan at 18?) .