Do we need to learn N4 and N3 kanji for JPLT N5? Most of recommended verbs using more advanced kanji than N5 ones


I want to try to my luck with JLPT N5 this December and I'm still not sure how
much Kanji I supposed to memorize. I got the impression that for N5 I need to
know around 100 Kanji, but I've already gone through half of Genki 1 and some
of vocabulary list for N5 and most of those (especially verbs) using kanji for
N4 and N3? Am I missing something or do I need to memorize those to for N5 too
or those verbs and nouns that use more advanced Kanji will be written in
Furigana at the exam?




Have you [tried sample questions on the official
site](https://jlpt.jp/e/samples/forlearners.html) to get a sense of what the
vocabulary is like? (Warning: the test applet plays _very loud_
correct/incorrect sounds when you choose an answer!) From what I can tell, at
N5 they give furigana for almost everything, except of course the kanji that
you're specifically being asked to read. In the examples I looked at, I even
saw 何 given furigana once - that's a grade 2, supposedly N5 kanji.

(Keep in mind that kanji are not written "in" furigana; rather, furigana are
written _above_ the kanji. Stuff like the page headers/footers etc. on the
test might be written with advanced kanji, but you don't have to worry about
that part - just read the questions.)

If you happen to recognize more kanji beyond what's explicitly expected,
great! That can make it easier to understand the instructions, or (say) the
text for the reading comprehension section. Keep in mind that kanji convey
_meaning_ as well as just pronunciation; when everything is in hiragana, it
takes that much more effort to recognize _words_ in the continuous stream of
sound-symbols.




Have you [tried sample questions on the official
site](https://jlpt.jp/e/samples/forlearners.html) to get a sense of what the
vocabulary is like? (Warning: the test applet plays _very loud_
correct/incorrect sounds when you choose an answer!) From what I can tell, at
N5 they give furigana for almost everything, except of course the kanji that
you're specifically being asked to read. In the examples I looked at, I even
saw 何 given furigana once - that's a grade 2, supposedly N5 kanji.

(Keep in mind that kanji are not written "in" furigana; rather, furigana are
written _above_ the kanji. Stuff like the page headers/footers etc. on the
test might be written with advanced kanji, but you don't have to worry about
that part - just read the questions.)

If you happen to recognize more kanji beyond what's explicitly expected,
great! That can make it easier to understand the instructions, or (say) the
text for the reading comprehension section. Keep in mind that kanji convey
_meaning_ as well as just pronunciation; when everything is in hiragana, it
takes that much more effort to recognize _words_ in the continuous stream of
sound-symbols.

