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Re:A New Way to Learn Kanji by astrobe_ on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:57PM (#28889893)
> It's not too hard.

It takes 6 years to Japanese children, who are totally immersed in and had prior exposure to this writing system. I think western children are done learning to read in 1 or 2 years. It is freaking hard.

Re:A New Way to Learn Kanji by canjobear on Saturday October 16, 2021 @03:29PM (#28890704)
And yet they basically all learn it. Japan’s literacy is very high. It’s not hard, it’s just tedious and time-consuming.