📚 To read Japanese, it is commonly believed that one needs to know around 2,000-2,500 kanji, as listed in the Joyocongilus.
📝 However, even the minimum benchmark of 1,500 kanji is insufficient to fully comprehend Japanese texts and official documents.
💻📰📖 In this video, the speaker tests their ability to read Japanese in real-life situations, such as internet browsing, news articles, manga, and books.
📚 Knowing a minimum of 1500 kanji is essential for reading Japanese texts.
🔍 Being able to look up kanji in a dictionary even if you don't know the word is important.
🌐 Browsing popular Japanese websites revealed new kanji and their frequency.
📚 Reading 1500 kanji allows for understanding and navigating various websites such as shopping platforms, Wikipedia, and Amazon.
🗒️ The percentage of new kanji encountered on Wikipedia and Amazon was lower than expected, indicating the ability to comprehend beginner-level articles.
🌐 The speaker's confidence in reading Japanese improved as they realized they could comprehend and navigate through online content.
📚 Approximately 4.9% of the kanji encountered were new, requiring frequent look-ups while reading.
📰 Reading news articles in Japanese can be challenging due to the difficulty of the language, even for native speakers.
💻 For internet browsing, including data from various sources, the overall percentage of new kanji encountered was 1.4%.
The video explores whether knowing 1500 Kanji is enough to read Japanese.
The results show that reading news articles in Japanese requires knowing about 1 in 22 Kanji.
Reading manga and Japanese books also require a certain level of Kanji knowledge.
📚 After studying 1,500 kanji, the speaker found that only 1 in 50 kanji encountered in Japanese literature were new to them.
📖 The speaker's final result showed that they only had to look up around 1 in 40 kanji on average when reading most texts in daily life.
🔢 The overall percentage of new kanji encountered in their study was 2.4%.
There isn't a specific number of kanji you need to learn to read Japanese well.
Learning more kanji reduces the need to look up new ones, with 1500 kanji covering around 97% of encountered kanji.
Studying Japanese kanji is crucial for reading ability, especially when visiting Japan.
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