Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters eBook

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Learn over 2,000 Japanese Kanji characters with this user-friendly Japanese language-learning book.

This unique Kanji study guide provides a comprehensive introduction to all the Kanji characters on the Japanese Ministry of Education’s official Joyo (“General Use”) list–providing detailed notes on the historical development of each character as well as all information needed by students to read and write them. As fascinating as it is useful, this is the book every Japanese language learners keeps on his or her desk and visits over and over.

This Kanji book includes:
Clear, large-sized entries
All of the General Use Joyo Kanji Characters
Japanese readings and English meanings
stroke-count
stroke order
usage examples
mnemonic hints for easy memorization
The components which make up each character are detailed, and the Kanji are graded in difficulty according to Ministry of Education guidelines, allowing students to prioritize the order in which the Kanji are learned and track their progress. This book is essential to anyone who is planning to take the official Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) and will appeal to beginning students as well as those who wish to attain higher-level mastery of the Japanese language. It is the only book that also provides historical and etymological information about the Japanese Kanji.

This latest edition has been updated to include all of the 2,136 Kanji on the expanded Joyo list issued by the Japanese government in 2010. Many entries have been revised to include the most recent research on character etymologies.

Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters is written by Christopher Seely; Kenneth G. Henshall and published by Tuttle Publishing. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji are 9781462917730, 1462917739 and the print ISBNs are 9784805311707, 4805311703.