Synopses & Reviews
This Kanji reference book employs a revolutionary and user–friendly new way to look up Japanese Kanji by appearance rather than radical.Kanji (Japanese characters) are fascinating, but frustrating part of the Japanese language. In particular looking up kanji in a traditional dictionary can be a nightmare as there is no "alphabetical order." With Kanji Fast Finder you can find a kanji in seconds from its appearance alone. From the finder chart inside the front cover, you can turn to the correct page immediately, and finding the kanji on that page has also been made as simple as possible. As an optional feature you can make a double thumbnail index. to speed things up even more. The fast finder is designed primarily for those who want to seriously learn Kanji and serves as a quick reference for experts, but is also suitable for beginners or people who wish to dip into kanji, browse, or simply discover what a street sign means. Wit this book you can:
- Find kanji quickly, reliably and intuitively—from their visual appearance alone.
- Quickly check the meanings, readings, stroke–counts and radicals of kanji.
- Look up newly encountered kanji or check ones you have temporarily forgotten.
- Track down elusive kanji more easily than large kanji dictionaries.
- Simply browse and explore, comparing similar kanji.
- Features all 1,945 General Use Kanji as prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
This book contains hints and suggestions on finding kanji but the system is so intuitive that you will be able to use it immediately and with very little guidance. By the time you have looked up half a dozen kanji, you will appreciate the speed with which you can locate kanji in the Fast Finder.
Synopsis
Kanji Fast Finder is an innovative and effective study guide that allows the user to find Japanese kanji extremely rapidly and intuitively from their appearance alone, without knowing their reading, radical or stroke count.
Synopsis
Printed thumb-index marks allow easy access to any of the characters on the basis of letter shapes rather than etymological radicals.
Synopsis
Kanji Fast Finder is an innovative and effective study guide that allows the user to find Japanese kanji extremely rapidly and intuitively from their appearance alone, without knowing their reading, radical or stroke count.
About the Author
Laurence Matthews has worked as a university lecturer, as a research manager in an industrial design department, and in Japan as an airport consultant. In this work he uses his skills in design and the structured presentation of information.
Table of Contents
* Printed thumb-index marks allow rapid access to any of the characters on the basis of letter shapes rather than etymological radicals. The font size is large enough to facilitate rapid scanning. For each kanji are listed the core English meaning, 'on' (Chinese-derived) and 'kun' (native Japanese) readings, stroke count and radical.
* Covers all 1,945 'general use' kanji prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education, which is also the corpus covered by the revised edition of A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese (03A) and the Kanji Cards I and II (1995 and 1998, to be reissued in 03B and 04A).