The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised and ExpandedJack Halpern
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The basic goal of this dictionary is to give the learner a thorough understanding of how kanji are used in contemporary Japanese by providing instant access to a wealth of information on the meanings, readings and compounds for the most frequently used kanji. Thanks to the author's ground-breaking locator system S K I P ( System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns), the user can locate characters as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries. Modern linguistic theory has effectively been integrated with sophisticated I T to produce a powerful tool that will benefit beginners, intermediate and advanced students of Japanese. New features in the revised edition: 772 more kanji included, making a total of 3, 002; kana used throughout, in accordance with modern teaching requirements; thousands of additional compounds/usage examples, including the latest vernacular expanded coverage of nanori, or kanji used only in names; includes all alternative forms where acceptable to Joyo Kanji specifications. Summary of Key Elements of the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary : 3, 002 character entries - 772 more than in the previous edition; features all the new Joyo Kanji (general-use characters prescribed by the Japanese government) and all of the current Jinmei Kanji (characters recognised as unique to names). 5 look-up methods and 3 indexes, including the revolutionary S K I P lookup method for locating entries as quickly as in alphabetical dictionaries through basic pattern recognition; to instantly grasp the inherent visible meaning comprising each character; culled from official statistics compiled by Japan's National Language Research Institute - it is the most up-to-date dictionary available; native syllabary) rather than in Romanised Japanese-another improvement on the previous edition, and one that reflects modern teaching practices created by an automated dictionary-publishing syst0em; presents all core meanings, enabling learners; and covers all high-frequency kanji comp
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