“TheauthorshavesucceededinthepurposeofmakingitaseasyaspossibletolookupthereadingsandmeaningsofJapanesewordswritteninChinesecharacters.“--TheModernLanguageLibraryThepurposeofthisLearner’sKanjiDictionaryistoofferahandyandeasy-to-useJapaneselanguagetooltolookupthereadingsandmeaningsofJapanesewordsandnameswrittenwithChinesecharacters(kanji).Eachkanjientryispresentedinextra-largeform,withitsstrokeslabeledinorderbysmallnumbers1,2,3,...positionedatthebeginningofeachstroketoshowhowthekanjiistobewritten.Handwrittenpenandvariantformsofthekanjiarealsogiven,alongwithitsgeneralstructureandgraphemes.ThisdictionaryisaconciseversionofthemorecomprehensiveKanjiDictionary.Inall,thisJapanesedictionaryliststhemostimportant2,882charactersand12,073multi-charactercompounds,includingall1,945JoyoKanjidecreeforgeneraluseplusall284Jinmei-yoKanjisanctionedforuseingivennames.Inaddition,themostfrequentlyusedapproximately700surnamesand600givennameshavebeenadded.Onefeaturethatmakesthisdictionaryparticularlyusefulforabeginner,oranyoneelsewishingtolearnJapanese,isthateverycompoundislistedundereachofitscharacters.Thismultiplelistingmakesitpossibletolookupacompoundunderwhicheverofitscharactersisquickesttofind,anditisabighelpindecipheringsloppyhandwritingorablurredcopy.Entriesarearrangedaccordingtoaradical--basedlookupsystemofthesametypeusedinvirtuallyallcharacterdictionaries,butwithimprovementsthatmakeitparticularlyeasytolearnanduse.Andwiththealphabeticallyarrangedindexofkanjireadingsatthebackofthedictionary,theusercanlookupacharacterviaanyofitsknownreadings(orlookupacompoundviaanyofthereadingsofanyofitscharacters),withouthavingtodetermineradicalsorcountstrokes.Thishandycharacterdictionaryincludes:2,882characterentriesand12,073compounds.Characterentriesareaccordingtothesystemof79Radicals.English-JapaneseandJapanese-EnglishSectionsInformationaboutwriting,form,structure,etc.ofeachofthecharacters.Approximately700surnamesand600givennames.Analphabeticalpronunciationindex.
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