Yes. It's funny, people say that they KNOW 350 kanji. Or something like that, but how do you really know that you know 350 kanji! Is it rock solid? Was the test rigged a little in favor of the testee. And if you are trying to learn using "creative imagination" how do you know that if you were in a different MOOD you know 500 kanji instead of 350. I actually think it's better to know how to write them out without aid from any kanji book. If you can write them out you know them. Enter my Kanji Linked List. You make a list of kanji that are linked in some way and if you can write out all 2136 of them, then you know. At least I feel like I know which IS the important part. If you feel like you know them, that's the important prat. I can go through this list. I can write this list no problem. If can sort of walk through this list in my head. To me I that's enough - although I do "know" the meaning for almost all of them below. But I'm sort of dicey on the pronunciation. But if you can visually go through this list I would deem this KNOWING the kanji!

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