I just started using Wanikani, I like the way it works but… I can only use the free version (I don’t have the money for a monthly subscription). Once I finish whatever they have available in the free version, where do I go? You learn 2000 kanji in the paid version of Wanikani, and I’m only doing the free version witch I hear gets a really small amount of that, I know I wont learn much kanji when I’m done. (Not the topic of this post, but if you know how many kanji you learn for free from Wanikani please do include in your replay).
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What do I do? Where do I go when my free time is up?
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(I do like how Wanikani works, but I am open to resources that work differently).
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You can use wanikani anki deck which has the same exact content but doesn’t have the same algorithm/guided experience which is what you’re paying for in wanikani: [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/266084933](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/266084933)
Personally though, I prefer Migaku kanji God add-on.
Basic Kanji Book, Heisig, Anki, etc.
There’s a whole surfeit of Kanji-related content you may choose from and perhaps it would actually be better to pick one of those from the get-go to avoid having to switch midway through, though I do find Wanikani to be the best of all those options.
I’ve personally used the BKB in university and found it to be quite nice, especially if you’re interested in learning how to write each individual kanji, and it seems to go well with the Minna No Nihongo books if you’re planning on using those.
[KameSame](https://www.kamesame.com)
It’s SUPPOSED to be used in tandem with WaniKani, and does require you to know how to properly type Japanese… But it’s free. It also does something that WaniKani doesn’t do: English to Japanese.
On the plus side you don’t have to memorize a bunch of silly named radicals.
Has a lot of nifty tools to steer your learning where you want it. But I think WaniKani does kind of curate kanji memorization towards a good general list.
There is a numbr of free resources in the sidebar
I actually used the free version of WaniKani many years ago (I think it had more free levels back then though? I learned 100something kanji). But I don’t wanna pay for stuff, so I stopped. I just studied using other methods afterwards. There’s lots of free Anki decks out there and I’ve never felt the need for something like WaniKani since then.