So I’ve just started level three and I’ve been introduced to a new word (左右－さゆう) and I’ve been told that I should already know the reading as I’ve learnt it before (which I haven’t - these kanji were never presented with their on’yomi readings). Is this a result of the new update? I’m kind of hesi…

Probably. I would just keep going and things will shake out fine eventually. A similar thing happened to me too.

It is likely a result of the update, but don’t worry. Being this early in makes it perfect, because you don’t have to relearn too much. Content updates this large rarely happen (this is the first one this large in the two years I’ve been here) so it’s not likely to happen again any time soon.

Fair enough. That’s a little frustrating though as I was just starting to get into it. Do you think it’s worth me restarting?

Speaking as someone a couple of levels ahead. I won’t. Instead tomorrow I’ll look through all the kanji I’ve already started to learn (no matter where in the SRS they are) and check if the main reading I learned is still the main reading, and if it isn’t, to perhaps drill those kanji a couple of ti…

Yeah this seems like a good suggestion. I just went back and looked at the さ and ゆう readings and it wasn’t too hard to learn. A bit annoying though! I hope people at higher levels aren’t in too much trouble.

Yeah, I got surprised with 伝 suddenly asking me for it’s on’yomi when it was initially given its kun’yomi and there hasn’t been any vocab that used it for me yet. Luckily I already knew what it was from outside knowledge, but I imagine there’ll be more to come.

9 kanji changed to on’yomi for me. Of those 9, I’ve seen the on’yomi (on WK) for 4 of those (through vocab). So really not many considering I’m already learning 180+ kanji here on WK.

I just had 投手 on my list, and its giving me a mnemonic for 手 despite the fact that I’ve learned 歌手 and 選手, but no on’yomi mnemonic for 投 despite the only vocab and previous kanji reading supplied are for kun’yomi ie 投げる and I’ve never seen とう before. Whatever, abstract mnemonic about pitchers wantin…

Good to read I wasn’t the only one tripped up by this!

Ah wow, when I went looking for 伝 I ran across a brand new level 11 vocab word as well: 伝記

Has the new WaniKani update messed things up a little?

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kondoisami December 6, 2018, 10:10pm 20

btw the list is now available in the first post: https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-content-overhaul/33972

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Has the new WaniKani update messed things up a little?

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