On Level 7, I learned the radical Spear (予). Now on level 12 I learned the radical Beforehand (予). They seem exactly the same (at least on my linux machine and my android smartphone). How am I supposed to differentiate both of them when they get reviewed? Am I missing something? Just to be sure, I…

Well, you guys were right. That was my fault :sweat_smile: When I learned Beforehand (予), I noticed their similarity and wanted to search them for a quick comparison. But when using the search box on the Dashboard, I thought the page which is shown below is automatically the first search result, bu…

Spear is different WaniKani / Kanji / 矛

[image] New People Questions! ~~~<3 [Lost?! Confused?! We're here to help!] WaniKani Hey, I am currently level 9…(maybe) and I see what you mean, but you didn’t learn the radical for “beforehand”, you learned the kanji 予 in level 8 or 9. So it is giving you the kanji in th…

Curiously enough, they removed “halberd” from the alternative meanings of WaniKani / Vocabulary / 矛 but if you search for “halberd” on WK dashboard, it still finds the vocab and kanji. So I guess along with the secret blacklist we also have a secret whitelist?

[image] plantron: Curiously enough, they removed “halberd” from the alternative meanings of https://www.wanikani.com/vocabulary/矛 but if you search for “halberd” on WK dashboard, it still finds the vocab and kanji. So I guess along with the secret blacklist we also have a secret whitelist? @…

They do have hidden synonyms, if that’s what you are asking. For example, all the previous radical names still work, but they are not listed as synonyms

I see the logic for radicals. Not for vocabs.

The reason is the same. If you learned the meaning of a word/radical previously, you shouldn’t have to relearn it just because the WK staff decided that the meaning/name they teach should change.

When they remove a vocab meaning, usually it’s because there was some specific reason the meaning was not right.

In the first place, why do we learn the radical at level 7 when the first kanji that uses it is taught at level 21 (務)?

Difference between 矛 and 予

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Ladymerelan June 6, 2019, 7:14am 4

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Difference between 矛 and 予

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