![]() That said, it’s a fantastic base to start with especially if you’re doing self study as it’s structured and the content is good. It cannot be used alone to learn Japanese, you will need to use it in conjunction with other learning systems to understand what to do with the vocabulary and kanji you have learned here. It will not teach you grammar, how to speak, listen or a lot of non-kanji vocabulary you need. Wanikani is certainly not a complete Japanese learning solution. The inclusion of vocab here is fantastic as a learning tool but you will also need to supplement with other resources for a full learning experience. The vocabulary is there to supplement and re-enforce the kanji rather than as a comprehensive list. There are around 6000 vocabulary items included in Wanikani and while that seems like it would be all you need, the items included are only those that are relevant to the kanji you’re learning. The included kanji is still a hell of a lot of the way there but just keep the content in mind if you are aiming for a specific standard. While there is a lot of cross over, according to WKstats if you complete Wanikani you will only know 91.90% of Jouyou, 88.20% of JLPT N1, or 80.04% of the most frequently used kanji in newspapers. The kanji covered by Wanikani is not necessarily the the core 2000, Jouyou or JLPT list. Kanji known at the various levels from WKStats The radicals also help with mnemonics because they are often used in the stories. By learning radicals you set yourself up to be able to “read” kanji easier as you can use context of the radicals to know the meaning or sound of the kanji. They are smaller, simpler characters that are put together to make full kanji. Radicals are kind of like the building blocks that make up kanji. This provides a good foundation of kanji for reading and use with other systems for learning grammar etc. The system aims to teach 2000+ kanji, 6000+ vocabulary words using those kanji and radicals on top of that. Wanikani is a web based SRS system with a focus on mnemonic learning. Price: First 3 levels are free, after that it’s US$9p/m, $89p/y, $299 lifetime.įor reference, I’m currently on a yearly subscription up to Level 12. Good:Great mnemonics, customisable via userscript, very active community, huge amount of content.īad: Subscription pricing, no official app, mixing in vocab means longer to learn the radicals and kanji. Learn via reading mnemonics then review at SRS intervals via text input. ![]() Learning style:Broken into 60 levels with radicals/kanji/vocab in each. The Wanikani crabgator mascot is an example of the kind of mnemonics they feature.ĭesign: Nice clean design. ![]()
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