simias
January 3, 2026, 12:18am
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By the way I ran some stats on the Wanikani kanji distribution in the intro of some FF games, that may be of interest:
I ran some stats on the kanji for week 1 (including items/menus):
I count 247 unique kanji, the WaniKani level breakout looks like this:
Level
Kanji
Running total (unique)
Running total (including dupes)
1
三入力一下大上人女
9 [3.6%]
31 [5.3%]
2
水日出子王手白々中目立小月
22 [8.9%]
83 [14.2%]
3
方外万戸生分北今
30 [12.1%]
98 [16.7%]
4
年気礼赤先休町早見宝他世足
43 [17.4%]
117 [20.0%]
5
体光多皮言考行会回金草自
55 [22.3%]
153 [26.1%]
6
知有姉前海全東思明国私長点地
69 [27.9%]
181 [30.9%]
7
風失強以映黒辺組弱時末教
81 [32.8%]
209 [35.7%]
8
対道者場所話住助買次
91 …
https://community.wanikani.com/t/video-game-thread-what-are-you-playing/13837/6104?u=simias
https://community.wanikani.com/t/video-game-thread-what-are-you-playing/13837/6108?u=simias
You’ll probably find that the first ~30 levels are by far the most important and will bring your kanji recognition somewhere between 80 and 90% for these types of games.