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Originally Posted by Nyororin
That`s an excellent example that strongly illustrates one of the points I made... It`s not in common use in this day and age.
Good luck finding it being used to say "I" in any modern context. In fact, try and find some examples outside of a name where it would carry no real meaning at all.
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In the book it doesn't trick you in to believing that this is the main kanji for I. It actually says it is "one" of the ways to write I. Unless you're saying there is no need to learn things that aren't commonly used, there is nothing wrong with learning it.
At uni, I study French literature language. The French they use will only ever be found in literature and is of absolute no use for me in the real world. I am a science student, but I do not complain about learning this obscure, rarely used French. General knowledge is great, and learning different ways of saying/writing the same thing when learning a language is only a positive thing, in my opinion!
And I guess this is what my friend said about learning the language properly. I guess he meant learning kanji that isn't used commonly, yet still part of the language.
SHADOW, try reading before you comment on things. As others have said, this book doesn't pretend it will teach you anything other than the meaning of words. And like the example I gave you, a child looks at something and knows what it is before he/she can say the word or read the word or write the word! It's a similar concept. Learning one thing at a time!