So I just started using this program, but I’m finding a lot of possible errors? ⼃ is said to mean slide, but I can’t find any resource that says this means slide. Why does WaniKani say this is slide? ⼀ is listed as ground, but ground is 接地, is it not? Calling this radical ground doesn’t make sen…

The radical names aren’t the official ones, no. Some of the radicals WK teaches aren’t even official radicals, actually. The weird names are to help you with the mnemonics that WK uses later. This is for two reasons: a), most Japanese people don’t know the official names, so they’re clearly not that…

Incorrect meanings?

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Belthazar December 22, 2019, 3:24am 6

For interest, here is a list I made comparing WaniKani’s radicals with the official meaning.

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Incorrect meanings?

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