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Originally Posted by Troo
Well, it entirely depends on what you want to get out of learning Japanese. If you want to be able to hold down a conversation, but never read a thing, you'll not need any kanji at all. If you want to be able to read anything - whether a newspaper, a sign, some manga, adverts, food packaging, instructions for whatever you're buying, or anything featuring words which are written down - then learning kanji is probably a good idea.
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That isn't entirely true. There are many homonyms in Japanese, so if you only learn pronunciation, a lot of words are going to sound the same. When I converse in Japanese and a complex title comes up (i.e. job position, government office, executive title) often I will see try to the kanji in my head.
東京大学法学部連続講演会 has a lot more meaning than
とうきょうだいがくほうがくぶれんぞくこうえんかい
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Originally Posted by Sitron
Okay. But each kanji has at least 2 different readings. Should I learn all readings on all the 1945 kanji one have to learn?
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Don't learn a kanji and it's readings You'll drive yourself crazy without a context. Learn the kanji, then learn the readings in the context of different usages.
大きい － おおきい
大学 － だいがく