Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese
Fourth Edition, JLPT All Levels (2,136 Japanese Kanji Characters)
Published on 7. April 2014
352 pages
978-1-4629-1482-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is an essential study tool for students seeking to learn Japanese and dramatically improve their ability to read and write kanji and kana.
Students have been reading and writing the Japanese language for centuries, and they build their knowledge most successfully when they rely on a trusted resource. Today's most trusted--and readily available--resource is A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese. This classic, best-selling learning and reference work is the best way to learn kanji and kana, and is now being offered as a fourth, thoroughly revised and up-to-date edition.
Having a knowledge of the full set of General Use characters is the key to mastering everyday Japanese and will allow students to read and write Japanese up to the level of a typical Japanese newspaper with ease and confidence.
Key features of this revised edition include:
Students have been reading and writing the Japanese language for centuries, and they build their knowledge most successfully when they rely on a trusted resource. Today's most trusted--and readily available--resource is A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese. This classic, best-selling learning and reference work is the best way to learn kanji and kana, and is now being offered as a fourth, thoroughly revised and up-to-date edition.
Having a knowledge of the full set of General Use characters is the key to mastering everyday Japanese and will allow students to read and write Japanese up to the level of a typical Japanese newspaper with ease and confidence.
Key features of this revised edition include:
- The most recent changes prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
- Covers all the 2,136 characters in the 'General Use' / Joyo Kanji set.
- Specific codes indicate the kanji required for the JLPT and AP exams.
- Full range of Japanese character readings and English definitions
- Stroke counts, sroke-order diagrams, and compounds.
- Essential Japanese characters are presented according to the new arrangement by grade, based on their frequency of usage rather than their complexity.
- Numerous examples are given of the kanji compounds and derivatives used to form everyday words in Japanese.
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Florence Sakade
A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese
Fourth Edition, JLPT All Levels (2,136 Japanese Kanji Characters)
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11/2013
4th Edition
Tuttle Publishing
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Content
- Frontcover
- SYLLABARY
- About the authors
- Title page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Aim
- 2 This Book and the Modern Japanese Writing System
- 2.1 About the Characters Selected
- 2.2 How Characters Are Read in Japanese
- 2.3 Writing Characters
- 2.4 Romanization
- 2.5 Kana Signs and Combinations
- 3 Layout Details
- 4 Final Notes
- 5 Select Bibliography of Main Works Consulted for This Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1: The 1,006 Essential Characters
- Grade One: Characters 1-80
- Grade Two: Characters 81-240
- Grade Three: Characters 241-440
- Grade Four: Characters 441-640
- Grade Five: Characters 641-825
- Grade Six: Characters 826-1,006
- Section 2: The 2,136 General-Use Characters
- Radical Index
- Index of Readings
