Is it acceptable to learn just one pronunciation for each kanji?


I just want to learn one pronunciation for each kanji, because I want to write
them with a keyboard. Or do I have to learn all the pronunciations for each
kanji?




If you only want to be able to type into a Japanese keyboard and get kanji
out, then you only need to know one reading of the character - but you'll need
to know _which_ character you're looking for, because there can be multiple
characters with the same reading and different meanings (and sometimes they
can be very close, like 会う{あう} and 合う{あう}).

However, if you're trying to develop your understanding of Japanese outside of
just making characters appear, then it would really help to start learning the
multiple readings of characters, especially in terms of being able to read
different compound words.

