Descent of the Durtle into eGoooott - NOW AT B8!

WaniKani
5871

I‘m sorry for not catching up with all the recent posts so I don’t know what happened but… Just wanted to say: congratulations to all of for finally solving B3. :tada:

I admire your perseverance :grinning:

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5872

@koichi, blink twice if durtles are holding you captive DD:::

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5873

FYI, there are:

  • 591 item pages that mention koichi
  • 1432 item pages that have こう
  • 66 kanji with reading “こう”

Since I’m just finishing lunch break, I’ll paste the kanji:

kanji with こう reading

Kanji with こう as a primary reading:
口工公交光考行向後校高好功港幸候構効絞較康攻航更購皇降紅講抗香甲項鋼孝鉱貢硬溝拘巧后仰孔耕肯郊恒稿洪衡酵坑

Kanji with こう for any reading:
口工公広交光考行向後校高好功港幸厚候構効絞較河康攻江航更購興皇降紅講抗香控甲項鋼孝鉱綱荒貢硬溝虹拘巧后仰孔耕肯郊恒稿杏洪峡衡酵享岬坑

(by the way, I don’t know why you were asking for this. It was just easy to produce, so I did…)

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5874

So, there are 67 kanji on wk with a reading of こう。That is kinda like 60…:turtle::eyes:

Crap… rfind beats me and counts better

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5875

You found 67?? I only found 66.

oh wait… nevermind… I see your comment about counting :sweat_smile:

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5876

I probably just miscounted. No problemo :wink:

5877

I just used two lines of javascript + WKOF:

var items; wkof.ItemData.get_items().then((data) => items = data);
items.filter(i=>i.object=="kanji").filter(i=>i.data.readings.filter(r=>r.reading=="こう").length > 0).map(i=>i.data.slug).join('');

And for primary readings only:

items.filter(i=>i.object=="kanji").filter(i=>i.data.readings.filter(r=>r.reading=="こう" && r.primary).length > 0).map(i=>i.data.slug).join('');
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5878

Yeah, I just used my fingers and toes 3.14 times… :sweat_smile:

蒙 and 媒 both have こう as part of their readings but not the whole reading. I wonder if a few others have that same issue and are coming up accidentally (こうむ and なこうど). If there are a few others like that, then it might be exactly 60 that have this issue.

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5879

Thank You!

All paths must be explored if we are to save Koichi from whatever fate has befallen him. For surely if he was safe he would have answered our questions!

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5880

My code returns 66 that have exact reading “こう” and 53 that have exactly that as a primary reading.

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5881

Yep, just checked by hand. Only those two were like that. The rest are fine. So I probably should have counted 68 and that minus two would have given the 66 you are getting. Moral of the story, computers are better at counting than I am…

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5882

This took more effort than it was worth. I hope I did it right though… This is wk English names for the こう kanji.

  • Filial Piety
  • Ravine
  • Confronts
  • Strangle
  • Wild
  • Agreement
  • Arrest
  • Deep Red
  • Flood
  • Like
  • Pit
  • Construction
  • Achievement
  • Navigation
  • Subscription
  • Emperor
  • Thick
  • Stiff
  • Again
  • Go
  • School
  • Aggression
  • Effective
  • Fragrance
  • Adept
  • Interest
  • Mouth
  • Harbor
  • Turtle Shell
  • Apricot
  • Descend
  • Tribute
  • Tall
  • Climate
  • Happiness
  • Public
  • Constant
  • Gutter
  • Look Up To
  • Behind
  • Wide
  • Cable
  • Suburbs
  • Mineral
  • Rainbow
  • Inlet
  • Abstain
  • Lecture
  • Cape
  • Receive
  • Contrast
  • Equilibrium
  • Cavity
  • Paragraph
  • Steel
  • Sunlight
  • Fermentation
  • Ease
  • Think
  • Empress
  • Set Up
  • Yonder
  • Draft
  • Plow
  • River
  • Mix

Ok…back to doing real stuff.

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5883

“Forex” refers to the exchange of foreign currency. along with the reference to tall (高), which can also mean “expensive,” this might be a signal to consider money or currency as part of the clue.

ETA: “i sense a change,” also might suggest this exchange idea – especially with “sense” as a homonym for “cents,” and “change” also referring to money you get back.

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5884

also, CONGRATULATIONS to everyone for solving that last clue.

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5885

I’m so mad… I didn’t try this variation last night…

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5886

@koichi
tableflip

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5887

I will be approximately 3300 reviews worth of upset if levels 60-70 really happen…but I guess I will be slightly excited too since kanji are awesome/5. :thinking::turtle:

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5888

You only think kanji are 0.2 awesome? :thinking:

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5889

There are 240 Kanji in Kanji Kentei level 9. There are 10 levels in descending order. “Sometimes you gotta descend to ascend”.

A stack of Durtles, like a stack of 240 burned kanji.

The kanji Kentei test is the ultimate kanji test. It’s made for native Japanese speakers (that means it’s tough) and has ten different levels, where level 10 is the easiest, and level 1 is the hardest. Here’s a few interesting stat-shots regarding the Kanji Kentei test.

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5890

NO!!! I was using non-linear math. They are awesome^i in a 5th dimensional plane. Sorry for the shorthand notation. :sweat_smile:

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