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Confused between Kanji, Furigana, Hiragana & Katakana
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I learned from my initial research that there is around 50K Kanjis, but one has to learn just over 2000 to be functionally fluent. Great so far. But then I saw other posts saying that you need only 1 month or so to learn both Hiragana & Katakana.

From what I understand, Hiragana Katakana are simplified scripts while Kanji is the pure (??) traditional script. What I still don't understand is which one is more important for beginners. Hiragana & Katakana seem to be much easier, but if I plan to learn Kanji anyway, should I not bother with them? Or if I learn those two, can I put off Kanji for the time being?

Then there's Furigana and I have no clue what its purpose is!!! Wikipedia describes it as a 'reading aid', but if there already exists simplified scripts like Hiragana & Katakana, what's the function of Furigana??!!

This may just be a stupid question, but I'm completely clueless, so any help is appreciated.

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Hiragana are like letters or sounds in English. Start with this first. Katakana is the exact same letters/sounds, but used for foreign words (like computer). After learning these, you will be able to write anything you want. You’ll be able to read some beginner texts (like children’s stories or beginning textbooks).

Next start learning kanji. These are essentially sight words. While you can write any word in hiragana, adult texts are written in a mix of hiragana and kanji. You will need to know both of them.

Furigana is the bridge between hiragana and kanji. Some texts, in order to help beginners, will put the hiragana above each kanji to help you know how to pronounce it. Again, you will need to know hiragana first but this tool will help you make the bridge between hiragana and kanji.

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