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Learning Japanese Kanji: The Innovative Method for Learning the 500 Most Essential Japanese Kanji Characters
Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji helps students recognize and remember the meanings and pronunciations of 500 essential kanji.
Perfect for Japanese language students or enthusiasts, this book is vital for maximizing your ability to read Japanese, write Japanese, and remember Japanese characters. Kanji, along with kana (hiragana and katakana), make up the written Japanese alphabet. Kanji, being comprised solely of characters (Japanese symbols), are usually considered the most difficult to learn of the three. In order to learn Kanji easily, Japanese words are taught using techniques based on the psychology of language learning and memory. Key principles include the use of visual imagery, the visualization of short "stories," and a systematic building-block approach that shows how more complicated characters are constructed from more basic elements. A strategy for remembering the pronunciations of the characters is another way Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji has revolutionized the way people learn Kanji.
Although this is a book for serious students of Japanese, it can be used by anyone with an interest in Japanese characters, without any prior knowledge of Japanese. It can also be used alongside (or after, or even before) a course in the Japanese language.
Key features of this book:
Unique drawings and stories enable the reader to create mental associations that stick in the brain and allow you to recall the meanings and sounds of the characters
Sample sentences using common words and compounds expand your vocabulary by showing each kanji used in context
Stroke-order diagrams show the correct way to write the character
Chapter and cumulative review exercises help to reinforce what you've learned
Bonus DVD includes stroke-order animations and pronunciations for all kanji, compounds and sample sentences
User—friendly Index allows for the book to be used as a Kanji dictionary
A practical self-study text with a clear, concise, and appealing layout, Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji gives you approximately 80 percent of the Kanji characters you will encounter in daily life, from newspapers to street signs making reading Japanese easy!
Perfect for Japanese language students or enthusiasts, this book is vital for maximizing your ability to read Japanese, write Japanese, and remember Japanese characters. Kanji, along with kana (hiragana and katakana), make up the written Japanese alphabet. Kanji, being comprised solely of characters (Japanese symbols), are usually considered the most difficult to learn of the three. In order to learn Kanji easily, Japanese words are taught using techniques based on the psychology of language learning and memory. Key principles include the use of visual imagery, the visualization of short "stories," and a systematic building-block approach that shows how more complicated characters are constructed from more basic elements. A strategy for remembering the pronunciations of the characters is another way Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji has revolutionized the way people learn Kanji.
Although this is a book for serious students of Japanese, it can be used by anyone with an interest in Japanese characters, without any prior knowledge of Japanese. It can also be used alongside (or after, or even before) a course in the Japanese language.
Key features of this book:
Unique drawings and stories enable the reader to create mental associations that stick in the brain and allow you to recall the meanings and sounds of the characters
Sample sentences using common words and compounds expand your vocabulary by showing each kanji used in context
Stroke-order diagrams show the correct way to write the character
Chapter and cumulative review exercises help to reinforce what you've learned
Bonus DVD includes stroke-order animations and pronunciations for all kanji, compounds and sample sentences
User—friendly Index allows for the book to be used as a Kanji dictionary
A practical self-study text with a clear, concise, and appealing layout, Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji gives you approximately 80 percent of the Kanji characters you will encounter in daily life, from newspapers to street signs making reading Japanese easy!
480 pages, Paperback
First published September 28, 2012
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About the author
Glen Nolan Grant
6 books1 followerGlen Nolan Grant (1965 - ) was born on the rainy west coast of Canada in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. He developed an interest in travel and foreign language learning at an early age, and has spent extended periods of time living in Latin America, Russia, Africa and Japan. He currently resides in the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, while continuing to both study and visit the world's most fascinating destinations.
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June 27, 2017
I wish it included all the 2000 kanji though. Now I have to see which Joyo kanji I already studied from this book and those that I haven't. T_T
Other than that, great book. Some illustrations are super unnecessary. But they provide good vocabulary and the stroke count.
If you really plan on studying all the kanji and be fluent, I don't recommend this. I made the mistake of buying it. I'd only recommend this to... uh, those who only aim for JLPT N4 and then stop after that.
Other than that, great book. Some illustrations are super unnecessary. But they provide good vocabulary and the stroke count.
If you really plan on studying all the kanji and be fluent, I don't recommend this. I made the mistake of buying it. I'd only recommend this to... uh, those who only aim for JLPT N4 and then stop after that.
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