Hey, I’m working from the ground up on my Japanese skills and was wondering if any Anki decks have all possible kanji combinations, their readings, and their meanings for JLPT N5/4/3 (or something adjacent to what I’m thinking of). I think a deck like that would be very useful for my studying. Thanks!
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There’s no official kanji list for JLPT. The common vocab you need is covered by most beginner and intermediate textbooks. I would use that as a base and make your own decks rather than memorising other peoples random choices.
Kanji kombinations?
…do you mean vocabulary?
While there aren’t any official kanji lists, the JLPT levels’ kanji sections (supposedly) roughly follow the Japanese school system’s kanji by grades, so it would be easier to find something for that. N5 is roughly elementary grade 1, N4 grade 2, N3 grades 3 and 4, N2 grades 5 and 6, and N1 the rest of the jōyō kanji to be learned in junior high.
Looking up “学年別の二字熟語” brought up [this site](https://proverb-encyclopedia.com/two/primary-school/) and [this site](https://sites.google.com/a/h7a.org/kanjicompounds/1st-grade). Theres your list of words. There’s one caveat though: while the kanji can be very simple, the ideas they convey can be less so, to the point they won’t necessarily be all that likely to show up in such relatively beginner levels as N5-N3. In terms of immediately useful words, I’d say the first link is better.
I know it’s not an Anki deck, but hey, now’s a good time to learn to make cards for yourself.