# When do I start Kanji?
**URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686
**Category:** Tips & Tricks
**Created:** [January 29, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686 "2020-01-29T17:50:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@GoryPawz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GoryPawz)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/1 "2020-01-29T17:50:48Z")
Hey, I’m new to WK. I finished Hiragana with Tofugu about a week ago, I still practice it, so now I’m officially on WK. I just started learning Radicals, but when do I start learning Kanji? Do I learn them after I pass the Radical review? Or can I just jump ahead?
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### Author:  [@YukiPhoenix](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YukiPhoenix)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/2 "2020-01-29T17:57:33Z")
After you guru your first radicals which requires 4 correct reviews to get it to that status.
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### Author:  [@DaisukeJigen](https://community.wanikani.com/u/DaisukeJigen)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/3 "2020-01-29T17:59:15Z")
If only there was some sort of [User Guide](https://knowledge.wanikani.com/)
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### Author:  [@Stay\_coolXD](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Stay_coolXD)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/4 "2020-01-29T18:04:30Z")
Welcome to community i hope you enjoy your journey here.
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### Author:  [@UInt2048](https://community.wanikani.com/u/UInt2048)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/5 "2020-01-29T18:08:12Z")
> [@GoryPawz](#):
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> I just started learning Radicals, but when do I start learning Kanji?
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### Author:  [@GoryPawz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GoryPawz)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/6 "2020-01-29T18:11:07Z")
Thanks! I figured thats how it works but I wasn’t sure 😅
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### Author:  [@GoryPawz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GoryPawz)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/7 "2020-01-29T18:11:49Z")
😅 I forgot how to pull that up. Lol thanks.
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### Author:  [@Haios](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Haios)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/8 "2020-01-29T18:48:19Z")
I noticed that you’ve already paid a subscription. Why not wait until the end of Level 3?
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### Author:  [@GoryPawz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GoryPawz)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/9 "2020-01-29T21:21:12Z")
This was basically a Christmas gift from my older brother. That’s why it’s already paid.
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### Author:  [@CvxFous](https://community.wanikani.com/u/CvxFous)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/10 "2020-01-29T21:40:17Z")
> [@GoryPawz](#):
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> This was basically a Christmas gift from my older brother. That’s why it’s already paid.
I hope you’ll stay with us 🙂 it really is an awesome learning ressource. Welcome !
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### Author:  [@LimitingBelief](https://community.wanikani.com/u/LimitingBelief)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/11 "2020-02-03T21:58:56Z")
Welcome to the club!
You found the community pages which is a great step towards becoming comfortable with WaniKani. The community will be able to help you with heaps of questions regarding sentences, grammar, culture and just general off-topic chewing the fat if you need to destress. It’s a fantastic resource whether you continue or not so please come hang out with us.
The first three levels will feel slow but keep an open mind and set up 2 times per day where you will do your reviews. There’s all kinds of guides and insights form our predecessors who have finished the whole course and developed strategies to get through it.
Daisuke Jigen linked you the [User Guide](https://knowledge.wanikani.com/)
The unofficial guide may help you too. [Unofficial FAQ](https://community.wanikani.com/t/unofficial-faq/30750/)
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### Author:  [@shadykit](https://community.wanikani.com/u/shadykit)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/12 "2020-02-12T21:56:54Z")
> [@LimitingBelief](#):
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> The unofficial guide may help you too. [Unofficial FAQ - #2 by shadykit](https://community.wanikani.com/t/unofficial-faq/30750/2)
(Sorry just saw this, you may want to fix this link not to have `/2` at the end so that it points to the topic and not the first reply)
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### Author:  [@Bruford](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Bruford)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/13 "2020-02-12T22:11:22Z")
Who knows?! I’m level 11 and I still don’t know a single Chinese letter!
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### Author:  [@insu](https://community.wanikani.com/u/insu)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/14 "2020-02-12T22:22:38Z")
Welcome to WaniKani! It is nice to have an older brother, or anyone for that matter, give a nice WK subscription for Christmas.
Like @CvxFous, I hope you stay with us and see it through level 60! I think you can do it! All the best!
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### Author:  [@LimitingBelief](https://community.wanikani.com/u/LimitingBelief)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/15 "2020-02-19T04:02:26Z")
no worries.
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### Author:  [@UInt2048](https://community.wanikani.com/u/UInt2048)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/16 "2020-02-27T14:35:02Z")
> [@Bruford](#):
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> single Chinese letter!
Well, we don’t teach Zhuyin/Bopomofo here:
> **[Zhuyin](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuyin)**
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> Zhùyīn Fúhào (注音符號), o "Símbolos para anotar sonidos", a veces abreviado como Zhuyin, o conocido como Bopomofo (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ), debido a las cuatro primeras letras de este alfabeto fonémico chino (bo po mo fo), es el sistema nacional fonético de la República de China para enseñar a las personas a leer, escribir y hablar las lenguas chinas, especialmente el mandarín estándar. El sistema usa 37 símbolos especiales para representar los sonidos del mandarín: 21 consonantes y 16 vocales. Cada símbolo represent...
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/when-do-i-start-kanji/41686/17 "2021-02-26T14:35:04Z")
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