A guide to reading and writing Japanese : a comprehensive guide to the Japanese writing system / first edition compiled by Florence Sakade ; third edition revised by Kenneth Henshall, Christopher Seeley & Henk de Groot ; fourth edition revised by Janet Ikeda.

This is an essential study tool for students seeking to learn Japanese and dramatically improve their kanji and kana. Students have been reading and writing Japanese for centuries, and they build their knowledge most successfully when they rely on a trusted resource. Today's most trusted--and r...

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Other Authors: Sakade, Florence (Editor), Henshall, Kenneth (Editor), Seeley, Christopher (Editor), De Groot, Henk (Editor), Ikeda, Janet (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: North Clarendon, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2013.
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Click for online access

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245 0 2 |a A guide to reading and writing Japanese :  |b a comprehensive guide to the Japanese writing system /  |c first edition compiled by Florence Sakade ; third edition revised by Kenneth Henshall, Christopher Seeley & Henk de Groot ; fourth edition revised by Janet Ikeda. 
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505 0 |a Frontcover -- 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 -- The 1,006 ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS -- Grade One: Characters 1â€?80 -- Grade Two: Characters 81â€?240 -- Grade Three: Characters 241â€?440 
505 8 |a Grade Four: Characters 441â€?640Grade Five: Characters 641â€?825 -- Grade Six: Characters 826â€?1,006 -- Section 2: The 2,136 General-Use Characters -- Radical Index -- Index of Readings -- Other Ebooks -- Backcover 
520 |a This is an essential study tool for students seeking to learn Japanese and dramatically improve their kanji and kana. Students have been reading and writing Japanese 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, trusted by beginning and intermediate students learning Japanese since 1959, is now being offered as a fourth edition and is thoroughly revised and up-to-date. Having a knowledge of the full set of General Use characters, which this guide includes, will allow reading of any Japanese newspaper with ease and confidence. Key features on 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. Detailing coverage of the 1,009 'Essential' Japanese characters arranged by grade for children in the first six years of grade school. The Kanji characters based more on their frequency in everyday language than the complexity of their composition. 
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