June 5 2020 Content Updates

WaniKani Content Updates
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Kanji

喉/候 - added to visually similar kanji

勝 - added “victory” as a meaning and updated meaning mnemonic

磁 - added 滋 as a visually similar kanji

妨 - updated reading and meaning mnemonics and hints

Vocab

物 - added “object” and “item” to meanings and “article” to whitelist, and updated meaning mnemonic

現場 - updated reading explanation

下書き - added “draft” and “rough copy” to whitelist

開く - added note about ひらく reading to the reading explanation

幸せ - updated reading mnemonic

外れ - updated reading mnemonic

父親 - added “dad” to meanings

廃絶 - added “abolition” as the primary meaning, made “extinction” a secondary meaning, and added “elimination” as a secondary meaning. Updated the meaning explanation.

流行 - added “fashion” and “prevalence” to whitelist

優先 - added “prior” to blacklist

恐れる - fixed typo in reading explanation

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Thank you, Cam

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ooc, how do y’all decide when to add new “similar kanji”? Asking as I’m working on a related project.

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I think WK does it upon request (with due consideration) at this point. You might be interested in this data, though

https://lars.yencken.org/datasets/phd/

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mwil/wanikani-userscripts/master/wanikani-similar-kanji/db/stroke_edit_dist_esc.json

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Hello,
could you please add the level information close to each item? Jenny started doing it in the previous announcement.
Thanks & Regards

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@camfugu, can you fix this?

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