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Re:The most frequent 777 characters give 90% coverage of Kan... by ignoranceprior on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:26AM (#20722041)
Just out of curiosity, how many kanji would you need to know for 98% coverage?

Edit: Doh, the OP link actually includes this statistic.

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Re:The most frequent 777 characters give 90% coverage of Kan... by sova on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:29AM (#20722053)
７７７ characters: ９０.０％ coverage １４７７ characters: ９８.０％ coverage ２４７７ characters: ９９.９％ coverage
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Re:The most frequent 777 characters give 90% coverage of Kan... by rangibaby on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:55AM (#20722158)
Japanese learn 2000 or so kanji at school so I’d say that’s a good ballpark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jōyō_kanji

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