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How much kanji does a normal Japanese person know? Do you guys forget how to write some kanji sometimes?
How much kanji does a normal Japanese person know? Do you guys forget how to write some kanji sometimes?
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Young students are supposed to learn 2,136 basic kanji at school in 9 years, though there are more that are used in everyday life.
I've heard someone say that a typical Japanese person knows and uses about 3,000 kanji.
Personally I forget how to write some kanji all the time, especially since texting got popular.
I almost never forget how to read, though.
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@jaekun
To be honest, I'm not sure how many kanji I know because it's too many to count on my own.
And, the number of kanjis you can read and of you can write is different. ( Kanjis I can read is more than ones I can write. )
Many kanjis you can read, much more comfortable you can read Japanese sentences. ( Japanese sentences using only hiragana is often hard to get its meaning. )
How I should write some kanji in handwriting would slip my mind sometimes, but I could remember its shape.
So, even in that case, I think I could pick from suggestions by software keyboards of my smartphone.
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