Japanese Kanji & Kana: A Complete Guide to the Japanese Writing System Paperback – April 10, 2012

My daughter and her husband went to Japan to take Japanese as a second language, and to take JLPT exam. They used this book before they left. Just for kicks I also am learning some Japanese so we can practice talking to each other. This book is great. Not only does it have both alphabets and Kanji, it has words from the same symbols you are learning at the top of the page.

Anyone who has ever tried to use a kanji dictionary knows how hard it can be to get the hang of it; this book takes the guess work out of it.I'm a high school Japanese teacher, and though I teach my students how to use a kanji dictionary properly during their third year, I find this book to be very user friendly and easy for a non-native speaker to navigate. I used the older edition when I was learning Japanese way back when and have it lovingly marked up with notes and highlighter markings; I even still use it in my classes to this day!Is it a definitive guide or full of all the possible combinations? No. But it is a great starting point and has proper stroke order and useful combinations for each kanji. I highly recommend it.

This book is great for anyone trying to study Kanji! I honestly think it's the best Kanji book I've ever worked with! Most other Kanji books I've read either throw every single Kanji compound at you per Kanji, or throw only four or five at you that all have other Kanjis in them that you haven't studied. I've always felt overwhelmed by the first strategy and frustrated by the second. Although the first strategy is probably more common in a Kanji reference book than a Kanji learner's tool, this book completely remedies the second problem! The example Kanji only have Kanji in them that you've studied previously in the book, so if you study the Kanji in order from beginning to end, the Kanji examples will always have Kanjis in them that you know! I've always wanted a Kanji book that did that, and I'm glad something like that actually exists. This book deserves a five star rating for the great learning curve!

It's good kanji and kana book, but i don't recommend it for the beginner people who never learn Japanese or even if you know a little bit of Japanese language you need someone to explain to you, Thanks to the seller he's trusted

Bought it to brush up on my kanji. I did so successfully. Worth the price.Each kanji has their own section, the stroke order, and readings. The layout of the kanji is logical, and they include a good number of real, common examples of words with a given Kanji.5/5 for just being useful.

I really love the updated version of Hadamitzky's "Kanji & Kana." It is in a slimmer, more compact volume that does away with the spaces for practicing (for the most part) but keeps all the essential information, like stroke count and order, furigana, readings, and examples of the kanji. Along with Halpern's "Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictinary," this book serves as my complete kanji study material. It is not dressed up with bells and whistles, but is organized very logically and efficiently to serve the look-up learner, though you could also go through it numerically.I personally like learning kanji. To me, it's more artistic than boring recitation or repetition. Still, even I have trouble just trudging through the book, swallowing up one kanji after another. I find it best to look up and learn kanji as you encounter them. That way you get the proper context and have a better memory association. I personally use song lyrics and focus on one song at a time, then practice writing and reading the lyrics while listening to the song. Since I like singing, this works out well for me in that I am learning the song and the kanji at the same time.Whatever method you use, be sure to do something that personally appeals to you in order to keep yourself motivated, and to have FUN while LEARNING. (It is feasible, and not just for the uber nerdy!)

The Japanese language is quite complicated, but learning the basic characters (kanji) in this book is a helpful resource. No matter whether you're just beginning to learn this language, or have wanted to know about for a long while, this book is highly recommended.

Thank you so much! The book is in the perfect condition!