+ Add Visually Similar Kanji

I am currently level 9 as I go through my WaniKani lessons. I’ve found this to be a fantastic resource, but I recently came across a small issue as I was practicing kanji that will hopefully serve as an example for something I’ve run up against a few times now.

For this recent lesson, I came across the kanji 和 (meaning “peace” or “Japanese style”). I got the kanji mixed up with 相 (“mutual” or “minister”). I decided to pull up the kanji page and check out the “visually similar” kanji so I could straighten out where I was going awry and realized that they were not on each other’s lists.

I know there will be kanji that are similar to me and are not similar to everyone. So I don’t necessarily need the default visually similar kanji lists altered. But I do think it would be enormously helpful if I were able to click an + “Add Kanji” button and search for the kanji that I would like to add. This way I have a quick reference as I’m working on the kanji that are difficult for me and I hopefully distinguish those kanji more easily going forward.

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It’s not really a quick solution, but whenever find myself in a similar situation I fill in the contact form and send the request to the Wanikani team. They usually respond very quickly and so far they haven’t refused any of my request.

Hope this is somehow useful to you :slight_smile:

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