Kanji study prioritization for the JLPT
I hate studying from a kanji list. I believe one’s study should be as personal as possible, and that’s why I advocate reading real materials and studying any kanji you find there.
However for the JLPT there is no choice but to study all kanji that will appear in the test. I have compiled the list of JLPT kanji, so the next task is to study them. But how?
Even among those kanji, I still make a simple prioritization. I will first learn all grade 8 Jouyou kanji. Next will be jinmeiyou kanji, or kanji authorized to be used in names (aka grade 9). The last will be the leftovers.
I have to learn 5 more grade 8 kanji, 109 new jinmeiyou kanji, and 4 leftovers, totaling 118 more kanji. With my special boosted JLPT rate of learning 6 new kanji per day, I should finish them in 20 days…
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