Essential Kanji: 2, 000 Basic Japanese Characters Systematically Arranged for Learning and Reference |
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P.G. O'Neill
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Pages: 328 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0834802228
Pub: Weatherhill Inc
Pub date: 1974-01-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 91543
Reader Reviews:
An absolute essential! (2/2 people found this helpful)
Learning kanji is extremely important for students of the japanese language. This book is very good for reference. Each character is arranged especially for beginners, with more simple and common kanji at the beginning and more complicated kanji at the end. There is also an index at the back where you can find kanji by pronounciation as well as by stroke order. When you find the character you are looking for, there is detailed information about the stroke order, how to remember the character, kun and onyomi pronounciations and compound kanji.
Despite the wealth of information this book contains, it is VERY compact and is easy to carry around. Overall, a fantastic book!
Sugoi! (amazing!) (2/2 people found this helpful)
A very very handy book to have if you are studying Japanese. As there are pen strokes as well as brush strokes it is easy to memorise or to use as a reference guide.
Would definately recommend.
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Great for reference, not so great for beginners. (11/11 people found this helpful)
If you're a beginning, this book may just baffle you with all the thousands of kanji! It doesn't help you to learn the characters so if you're starting from scratch, I'd recommend "Remembering the Kanji I" by James W. Heisig. This book has a great visual method to help you learn is kanji.
However, I would recommend this book after you've learnt kanji. Its great for reference because you can easily flick to the kanji you want for a quick reminder. All Japanese students should have their own copy (preferably with them at all times if you intend to live in Japan!).
Very interesting a must for serious Japanese learners. (17/18 people found this helpful)
I am still fairly near the start of the book but this book has made learning Kanji fun and as easy as it can be. I am still only 15 but have had no trouble remembering characters. Part 1 of the book has 8 characters on each page showing the stroke order, the on and kun readings, compounds, english meaning and when possible gives you an easy way to remember the character. Part two contains much more info about radicals etc. Well worth the money...
1000s of hours of study-potential... so useful... (11/12 people found this helpful)
If you're a serious student of Japanese, you need this book: all 2000 of the basic kanji with kunyomi and onyomi readings and compounds. Mindbending!
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