Can i learn 500 to 1000 kaaji in 6 months?

[Leebo]

If you work hard, yes, you can gain a superficial knowledge of roughly that number of kanji, because that is the level of knowledge that WK provides. I’m not knocking WK, because that’s a great starting point, but you aren’t done by any means just because a kanji on WK has been burned. There are loads of things you still don’t know about it if you haven’t studied it outside of WK ever.

[libgray]

Because I’m a statistician and am constantly fiddling around on the WaniKani stat site, the max speed for the first 46 levels is 6 days and 16 hours - that means getting all the reviews for radicals and kanji correct, and doing those reviews exactly as they become available. That said, I’m averaging 8 days per level so far, here at level 13 - and while I’ve never studied kanji before, I have studying Japanese for over and year, and been familiar with around 80% of the vocabulary presented, which if you are not, may make things more difficult.

I’d also want to point out to you that practice in itself isn’t pushing your limits - it has to be “deliberate practice” (the new buzz word around the topic of how to gain expertise). That means truly engaging with something, constantly receiving feedback, as well as building off the knowledge of others.

Can be argued if WaniKani is deliberate practice or not, but hey, I’d say it’s closer than many other methods.

[rmizuno]

I think the fastest level up is 6 days and 20 hours, not 6 days 16 hours
radical review after 4 hours, 8 hours, 23 hours, and 47 hours
kanji review after 4 hours, 8 hours, 23 hours, and 47 hours

6 months = 182.5 days = 26-27 wanikani levels - lets say 27 since the first levels are faster.

Thats about 900 kanji… of course, the later ones you won’t know nearly as well.

Recently, I’ve been doing 7 day level ups. I’m just not willing to wake up at 2 in the morning to do kanji reviews…

[Leebo]

Pretty sure he’s including the average that comes from the abnormally quicker first 2 levels as well.