# Please give at least one example for every new kanji that uses the given reading **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Created:** [October 31, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175 "2017-10-31T20:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zenguro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zenguro/32/69921_2.png) [@Zenguro](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zenguro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/1 "2017-10-31T20:57:06Z")
Hi all, I’m at level 3 now and was given the “new” kanji 生 ( **せい** ). All the examples don’t use that reading 😆 All I got was: 生まれる (うまれる)、生む (うむ)、生きる (いきる)。 And I thought, wait a minute, what about 先生 (せん **せい** )? Please, please, it would be really great to have at least one example that uses the reading. I was “lucky” that I did know an example myself, but I wasn’t 100% sure until I checked. What if I don’t know an example myself? It would really, really help me remember the reading. I’d rather learn it by example than mnemonics, especially if there is a chance that I already know that example vocab. Thanks for considering. Love you all Ben ---
**Author:** ![elli-no-nihongo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/elli-no-nihongo/32/768657_2.png) [@elli-no-nihongo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/elli-no-nihongo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/2 "2017-10-31T21:22:13Z")
There will be vocab that will use the reading せい in the future. 先生 comes in level 4. I think all the possible variations for 生 as せい use too “advanced” kanji to be introduced with 生. I’m sure this is just a “low level problem”, since in the future you’ll have more kanji under your belt, so there are more possible variations and they can just recycle older kanji (in theory). ---
**Author:** ![somewanikani](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@somewanikani](https://community.wanikani.com/u/somewanikani)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/3 "2017-10-31T21:28:46Z")
While it will become less of an issue later on when you’re too inundated with new lessons to pay much attention to the examples, I do agree with the idea. There was some discussion about this in a recent thread: > [@Why do the EXAMPLES show different readings to the READINGS?](https://community.wanikani.com/t/why-do-the-examples-show-different-readings-to-the-readings/20537): > > As you can see I am new to wanikani, and was just wondering about, for example: 人 I am looking at the lesson for this kanji, and the only readings given are じん and にん However, when moving over to the ‘examples’ tab, it has: ひと(which is the one that I am already familiar with) ふたり（二人） ひとり（一人）. Now I understand that these are the different readings, but it seems as if this is just confusing for someone new to kanji, as it doesn’t try to explain a link between the readings and the examples i… ---
**Author:** ![felix330](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/felix330/32/67355_2.png) [@felix330](https://community.wanikani.com/u/felix330)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/4 "2017-10-31T21:29:53Z")
You should get 人生 as vocabulary on Level 3. It would make sense to have this as an example though, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Zenguro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zenguro/32/69921_2.png) [@Zenguro](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zenguro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/5 "2017-10-31T21:40:42Z")
I totally get that. It’s just, if you really use Wanikani the way it is designed, you will not see that vocab until you unlock it. So, I need to remember the reading without an example. ---
**Author:** ![Zenguro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zenguro/32/69921_2.png) [@Zenguro](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zenguro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/6 "2017-10-31T21:42:49Z")
Haven’t thought about that, lol. So obvious, but yea, it would definitely go a loooong way for remembering the reading if you got an applicable example as soon as possible. ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/7 "2017-10-31T21:54:50Z")
You also have 5 other examples that are pretty simple to memorize: 小学生 (しょうがく **せい** ) - Elementary school student (lvl 7) 中学生 (ちゅうがく **せい** ) - Middle school student (lvl 7) 高校生 (こうこう **せい** ) - High school student (lvl 9) 大学生 (だいがく **せい** ) - University student (lvl 7) 大学院生 (だいがくいん **せい** ) - Graduate student (level 12) ---
**Author:** ![tmahrt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tmahrt/32/3942_2.png) [@tmahrt](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tmahrt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/8 "2017-10-31T22:10:43Z")
Jisho is your friend. Look up a kanji click “words containing this kanji”. Et voila [http://jisho.org/search/_%E7%94%9F_](http://jisho.org/search/*%E7%94%9F*) ---
**Author:** ![Zenguro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zenguro/32/69921_2.png) [@Zenguro](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zenguro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/9 "2017-10-31T22:17:12Z")
> [@jprspereira](#): > > You also have 5 other examples that are pretty simple to memorize: > [@tmahrt](#): > > Jisho is your friend. Look up a kanji click “words containing this kanji”. Et voila > > [生 - Jisho.org](http://jisho.org/search/%E7%94%9F) Thanks! Of course you guys are right, just wish Wanikani would take care of it, and add them to the examples since I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/10 "2017-10-31T22:22:07Z")
> [@Zenguro](#): > > Of course you guys are right, just wish Wanikani would take care of it, and ad them to the examples since I can’t. Just use the search bar on WK next time 🙂 I always do that whenever I want to find extra examples for a Kanji. ---
**Author:** ![lbtnunes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/lbtnunes/32/203684_2.png) [@lbtnunes](https://community.wanikani.com/u/lbtnunes)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/11 "2017-10-31T22:43:03Z")
I very much agree with this feedback. I find myself relying on vocabulary to remember the reading a lot of the time, especially when the mnemonics fail me. Anything with Charlie Sheen in it, for example, never sticks. 姉, for instance, has one such mnemonic. The reason I memorized it’s read し is because it showed me 姉妹 in the lesson, a word I’d heard before. And I still use that word to remember the reading. Same with 兄弟, 主人, 未来, 上手… Don’t get me wrong, I do use the mnemonics for a lot of kanji, but whenever there’s a common and/or interesting word as an example, I find that the reading sticks much more easily. It shouldn’t be too hard to find one among the vocabulary, either, considering Wanikani chooses readings to teach based on which is more common. ---
**Author:** ![acm2010](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/acm2010/32/43822_2.png) [@acm2010](https://community.wanikani.com/u/acm2010)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/12 "2017-10-31T22:47:21Z")
Looks like you only have the free version, this greatly restricts what you are seeing. It’s easy to browse around in WK for this information in the “full” version. ---
**Author:** ![Zenguro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zenguro/32/69921_2.png) [@Zenguro](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zenguro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/13 "2017-10-31T23:07:15Z")
I understand what you are trying to say, but I don’t think that the issue of lackluster examples will change just because I can find them outside of a lesson session. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/14 "2017-10-31T23:12:25Z")
Again, some people assume that the examples are intended to be examples of the reading, which I never really considered until people mentioned it here. To me, I was always happy to see the new readings because you get a broader understanding within the lesson. Otherwise I’m like, yup, you just told me that. ---
**Author:** ![acm2010](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/acm2010/32/43822_2.png) [@acm2010](https://community.wanikani.com/u/acm2010)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/15 "2017-10-31T23:17:49Z")
> [@Zenguro](#): > > I understand what you are trying to say, but I don’t think that the issue of lackluster examples will change just because I can find them outside of a lesson session. So what you want is the extension of the “lesson \> example” screen with more stuff … because it is infeasible for you to go to [https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/生](https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/%E7%94%9F) afterwards and look at every vocab in WK, including example sentences, ever? I see … ---
**Author:** ![Zenguro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zenguro/32/69921_2.png) [@Zenguro](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zenguro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/16 "2017-10-31T23:23:09Z")
I’m sorry. Did I say something wrong that you had to give an “Again…” response? Whatever you wanted to say, I think there was a friendlier way. It’s not about what the examples were meant to be. It’s just feedback, stating that it would be helpful if one of the examples would reflect the reading for easier remembering. ---
**Author:** ![Zenguro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zenguro/32/69921_2.png) [@Zenguro](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zenguro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/17 "2017-10-31T23:24:32Z")
I don’t think you see. I can’t add something to the examples tab, can I? And even if I could. Someone had to pick examples anyway, right? So, my feedback is: It would be much appreciated, if one of the examples could kindly reflect the reading. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/18 "2017-10-31T23:25:57Z")
The other topic from the other day about this subject, in which I participated and discussed my view, was linked in the 3rd post, but I said it here “again.” It wasn’t meant to be unfriendly, but eh. I try hard enough to be unfriendly, so you don’t need to give me credit when I haven’t earned it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![acm2010](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/acm2010/32/43822_2.png) [@acm2010](https://community.wanikani.com/u/acm2010)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/19 "2017-10-31T23:31:38Z")
> [@Zenguro](#): > > I don’t think you see. I can’t add something to the examples tab, can I? And even if I could. Someone had to pick examples anyway, right? So, my feedback ist: It would be much appreciated, if one of the examples could kindly reflect the reading. That’s all. Ok, huge issue. I’ll just type that up on my invisible typewriter. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/a/2/a2d6f3767e382863eaa3fa505276c190c30ddbbe.gif) ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175/20 "2017-10-31T23:42:09Z")
> [@Zenguro](#): > > So, my feedback ist: It would be much appreciated, if one of the examples could kindly reflect the reading. That’s all. I do agree with this. I’m sure every Kanji on WK has a vocab using that same meaning, so this could happen. I also learn a lot better if I have a vocab example of the reading(s) I’m learning with the Kanji. Guys, I know this whole situation is not really peaceful right now, but there’s no need to make the fire bigger than what it already is ^^ In here we only burn turtles. [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-give-at-least-one-example-for-every-new-kanji-that-uses-the-given-reading/21175.md?page=2)