And for that matter, the meaning for the kanji 挨. As soon as I see them separately, I recognize them as the kanji for greeting. However, I find it too difficult to remember the “true” meaning of the kanji, so I fail. However, both kanji are only used in the vocabulary 挨拶 greeting, and with a quick search in jisho, it seems they are only used in that word.
As such, shouldn’t at least “greeting” be a secondary meaning for both kanji? I would even say that “greeting” should be the primary meaning. It doesn’t make much sense to remember a meaning that’s never used nor in WaniKani not even in everyday Japanese.
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@Mods what do you think of this?
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And 一挨一拶 (which is a Buddhist term and may be the origin of 挨拶 as “greeting”)
挨には「心を開く」拶にはその「心に近づく」という意味があります 。
挨 means to open the heart, 拶 means the heart gets closer.
So, even if 挨拶 is the only word in modern usage for those kanji, the meaning of each of them do make sense, and can be a mnemonic to remember it (or the other way)
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It’s just the WaniKani system breaking down when it starts teaching more niche kanji with very specific vocabulary attached.
Other kanji with the same issue:
https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/輔
https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/凛
https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/漣
https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/乃
https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/胡
IMO in those instances it makes no sense to learn the kanji in isolation, you’re just memorizing useless information instead of what matters.
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I passed this on to the Content Team to see what they have to say.
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Also 覇, except that in this instance while they have included vocab items that actually use the kanji’s meaning, they forgot to include perhaps the single most common word with that kanji, which is to say, 那覇.
It kinda sounds to me like you’re disrespecting Rento again. 
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I can’t help myself. Amusingly I know this kanji extremely well now.
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That’s quite a nice phrase. It may help make easier to remember those kanjis. But still, I think that Wanikani should start teaching the basics (greeting) and after that, if they wish, go onto more advanced meanings or usages.