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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Frontcover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Beginnings of the Chinese Script -- Formational Principles of the Chinese Script -- Word-Families and the Chinese Script -- Fluctuation in the Script: Variant Forms -- Early and Pre-Modern Character Dictionaries -- Printed Texts and the Calligraphic Tradition -- Layout of Entries in This Book -- Sources Used and Terminology in This Book -- Limitations of This Book -- The Japanese Writing System: A Brief Sketch -- Hiragana and Katakana and Their Source Characters -- The 214 Determinatives (or 'Radicals') System -- General Principles of Stroke Order -- Editorial and Typographical Matters -- Romanization -- The 80 First-Grade Characters -- The 160 Second-Grade Characters -- The 200 Third-Grade Characters -- The 200 Fourth-Grade Characters -- The 185 Fifth-Grade Characters -- The 181 Sixth-Grade Characters -- The Remaining 1130 Characters -- Readings Index -- Stroke-Count -- Appendix -- Similarly-Shaped Elements Easily Confused -- Bibliography. |
| Subject |
Japanese language -- Writing.
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Chinese characters -- Japan.
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Japanese language -- Orthography and spelling.
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Japanese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
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Chinese characters. (OCoLC)fst00857298
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Japanese language. (OCoLC)fst00981565
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Japanese language -- Orthography and spelling.
(OCoLC)fst00981678
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Japanese language -- Writing.
(OCoLC)fst00981789
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks -- for English speakers.
(OCoLC)fst01423865
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| Added Author |
Henshall, Kenneth G., author.
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Fan, Jiageng, contributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Seeley, Christopher. Complete guide to Japanese kanji. First edition. Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, [2016] 9784805311707 4805311703 |
| ISBN |
9781462917730 (electronic book) |
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1462917739 (electronic book) |
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9784805311707 |
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4805311703 |
| Music No. |
EB00644786 Recorded Books |
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