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I don't see anyone claiming: 'learn this 777 characters, and then STOP LEARNING'.
You learn the most frequent first. Then you start reading. Much easier than when you only understand 10% of the words.
So, you get to 90%. Then you read some text and you start to find new words from time to time. That's when you start using a dictionary.
Heck, I'm an avid reader and I am still finding new words (or old words with new meanings) in my native language!
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I don't see anyone claiming: 'learn this 777 characters, and then STOP LEARNING'.
You learn the most frequent first. Then you start reading. Much easier than when you only understand 10% of the words.
So, you get to 90%. Then you read some text and you start to find new words from time to time. That's when you start using a dictionary.
Heck, I'm an avid reader and I am still finding new words (or old words with new meanings) in my native language!