Japanese Character Writing For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2019
96 pages
978-1-119-47545-3 (ISBN)
Description
Learn to write 100 Japanese characters
If you want to join the ranks of more than 128 million speakers of Japanese worldwide, this book should be your first stop! Whether studying for school, business, or travel, learning to write the Japanese Kanji characters is essential to gain a working knowledge of this language.
Japanese is considered to be the most complicated writing system in the world, with tens of thousands of characters. But with Japanese Character Writing For Dummies, you'll find easy step-by-step instructions for writing the first 100 Japanese Kanji characters with ease.
* Includes online bonus content featuring videos, downloadable flashcards, and printable writing pages
* Offers easy-to-follow instruction for writing 100 Japanese characters
* Helps you take your understanding of the language to a new level
* Shows you how to use the written word to communicate with native speakers
Learning to write Japanese Kanji characters is fun -- and now it's fast and easy too!
If you want to join the ranks of more than 128 million speakers of Japanese worldwide, this book should be your first stop! Whether studying for school, business, or travel, learning to write the Japanese Kanji characters is essential to gain a working knowledge of this language.
Japanese is considered to be the most complicated writing system in the world, with tens of thousands of characters. But with Japanese Character Writing For Dummies, you'll find easy step-by-step instructions for writing the first 100 Japanese Kanji characters with ease.
* Includes online bonus content featuring videos, downloadable flashcards, and printable writing pages
* Offers easy-to-follow instruction for writing 100 Japanese characters
* Helps you take your understanding of the language to a new level
* Shows you how to use the written word to communicate with native speakers
Learning to write Japanese Kanji characters is fun -- and now it's fast and easy too!
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Hiroko M. Chiba | Vincent GREPINET
Japanese Character Writing For Dummies
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02/2020
1st Edition
Wiley
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Hiroko Chiba, PhD, is professor of Japanese at DePauw University, where she teaches all levels of Japanese language and directs the Japanese language program.
Vincent Grépinet is the author of the French language editions of Japanese For Dummies and Korean For Dummies.
Vincent Grépinet is the author of the French language editions of Japanese For Dummies and Korean For Dummies.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Chapter 1 Wrapping Your Head around Japanese Writing and Pronunciation
- Brief History of Three Writing Scripts: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana
- Taking a cue from Chinese writing - Kanji
- Creating writing scripts better suited to Japanese - hiragana and katakana
- Pronouncing Japanese Sounds
- Making Variations of Sounds
- Two diacritical marks
- Long vowels
- Small ya, yu, yo
- Small tsu
- When to Use Kanji
- Chapter 2 Exploring the Nature of Japanese Kanji
- Getting to Know the Four Types of Kanji
- Pictographs
- Simple ideographs
- Compound ideographs
- Phonetic-ideographic characters
- On'yomi versus Kun'yomi Readings
- Okurigana
- Kanji compounds
- Sound shifts in kanji compounds
- What Are Kanji Radicals?
- Positions of Radicals
- Writing Kanji
- Stroke order
- Types of strokes
- Chapter 3 105 Characters
- Appendix Blank Grids for Extra Practice
- EULA
