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    • Pub. Date: January 1995
    • 704pp
    • Sales Rank: 415,378

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      • Pub. Date: January 1995
      • Publisher: Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
      • Format: Paperback, 704pp
      • Sales Rank: 415,378

      Synopsis

      A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters is the first book in English to explain systematically and in detail the true origin of each of the General Use Characters.

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      This comprehensive volume is an effectuve guide to memorizing all 1,945 basic kanji.

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      Biography

      Kenneth G. Henshall is a graduate of the universities of London (B.A.), Sydney (Ph.D.), and Adelaide (Dip. Ed.), and is now a senior lecturer in Japanese at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has also taught at the universities of Auckland, Western Australia, and California. Professor Henshall is well known for his translations of Japanese literature and is the author of A Guide to Learning Hiragana and Katakan.

      Tetsuo Takagaki is a graduate of the universities of Wakayama (B.A.) and San Francisco State (M.A.), and is now a senior lecturer in Japanese at the University of Auckland. He has also taught at the universities of Hawaii and Maryland, and at Tsuda College in Tokyo. He is the author of a number of publications on Japanese language and linguistics.

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      Aid to learning Kanjiby Anonymous

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      May 23, 2009: This book is exactly what it says: "a guide to remembering japanese characters". It provides no stroke order and only a few usages, but does have an excellent description of the origin of the character. While I would not advise using this as your first or only book to learning Kanji, it certainly reinforces your foundation by breaking down the visual meaning of the characters and providing methods of memorization. The pronunciation and stroke order indexes as well as the ordering of characters by grade level helps you to look into the book for specific kanji. It is an excellent staple for any student that can be used throughout your japanese language education and is a great study aid. However it will not function well as one's only means of learning the kanji. Still, I find this purchase worthwhile

      I Also Recommend: The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary, Genki 1 Text.

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      June 30, 2007: As previous reviewers have already written the book does not cover stroke order, but that's a minor problem I think. The book does what it claims to do: help you REMEMBER japanese kanji. It uses historical information about each character's formation and has short phrases for each character to help you remember its meaning.


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