(No they aren’t the same. Kanji are characters, not necessarily words)
Kanji is a character, kind of a letter you could say and a vocabulary is a word. Kanji can be a word alone (like 元/もと) but also with other kanjis (元気/げんき), where the pronunciation might be different. I’ve seen a comparision with kanji and English: although “see/look” and “vision” have a connected meaning, the pronunciation isn’t the same.
Vocab: 食べる (to eat)
Kanji: 食
No, it’s not the same. The loose meaning/association an isolated kanji may have is not “vocab”. Vocab are actual full words that may be made of a single kanji, several kanji, hiragana, katakana or a combination of the 3.
Also, the sticky for simple daily questions is there for posts like this one.
Kanji are not words. Kanji are used to write words, alongside kana. Words written with a single kanji do exist, but not every kanji you come across will represent a word by itself.
Here’s a good example of what can happen when you treat kanji like words inappropriately:
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(No they aren’t the same. Kanji are characters, not necessarily words)
Kanji is a character, kind of a letter you could say and a vocabulary is a word. Kanji can be a word alone (like 元/もと) but also with other kanjis (元気/げんき), where the pronunciation might be different.
I’ve seen a comparision with kanji and English: although “see/look” and “vision” have a connected meaning, the pronunciation isn’t the same.
Vocab: 食べる (to eat)
Kanji: 食
No, it’s not the same. The loose meaning/association an isolated kanji may have is not “vocab”. Vocab are actual full words that may be made of a single kanji, several kanji, hiragana, katakana or a combination of the 3.
Also, the sticky for simple daily questions is there for posts like this one.
Kanji are not words. Kanji are used to write words, alongside kana. Words written with a single kanji do exist, but not every kanji you come across will represent a word by itself.
Here’s a good example of what can happen when you treat kanji like words inappropriately:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/12rq05z/misuse_of_費/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button