When does learning kanji end? The same way as learning every word in the Oxford English Dictionary ends... NEVER! :P
I have a program on my PC which lists the 49,964 kanji from the Dai Kan-Wa Jiten (Great Han-Japanese Dictionary) and also still has extra characters...
But yeah, a good target finish line is to learn the 2,136 常用漢字 (Common Use Kanji) which Japanese kids are taught during school up to the age of 18 at the end of highschool.
Maybe you want more of a challenge though? Check out the Kanji Kentei kanji test levels, where the highest level tests you on 6,355 kanji, haha:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji_kentei
If you want to see a list of all the 2,136 Common Use Kanji, check out this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_joyo_kanji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyo_kanji
Where to start? Kanji lesson 1 on this site (or just start at the top of that really long 2,136 kanji list and slowly work your way down...). But also it's a good idea to go learn some basic kanji radicals first and do a bit of reading up about kanji:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_table_of_Japanese_kanji_radicals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KanjiMay 12, 2015 at 1:04pm