r/kanji↗
Kanji: the core of the Japanese writing system
The world of kanji. 漢字の世界。Besides general topics about kanji, it's also okay to ask for help with translation, identification, etc., of kanji characters (and also hiragana or katakana).
7.5k subscribers85 posts / mo in Sep 202677 authors / mosince 2011
r/kanji has 7.5k members (+55% over the last 12 months). It gets about 85 posts a month from 77 people. Top topics: Translation Requests, Japanese Learning Journey and Translation Requests.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Translation Requests9.9%
- Japanese Learning Journey2.9%
- Translation Requests2.3%
- Japanese Kanji Learning2.1%
- Japanese Antiques and Art Identification1.7%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Apple
- 辞典オンライン
- Mercari
- ChatGPT
- Chinese Text Project
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