With The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised and Expanded, learners finally have at their fingertips accurate and in-depth information on all the kanji prescribed by the Japanese government. In all, 3,002 characters 772 more than in the first edition fill its pages, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of its kind. The main goal of the dictionary is to give the learner instant access to a wealth of useful information on kanji, including their meanings, readings, stroke order, and usage in compounds.

About the Author
Editor-in-Chief Jack Halpern is the CEO of THE CJK Dictionary Institute (CJKI) in Japan. The Institute is one of the world's prime sources for CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) dictionaries, and specializes in compiling comprehensive CJK and Arabic lexical databases. A lexicographer by profession, Halpern spent sixteen years compiling the New Japanese-Englis Character Dictionary, also newly revised and republished as The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary.

Reviews
"Up-to-date, reliable, and easy to use ... this beautifully designed dictionary meets the needs of a wide range of Japanese language learners."-Y.-H. Tohsaku, President, American Association of Teachers of Japanese



"A must for those who wish to overcome the obstacles posed by the study of kanji ... an excellent tool that allows even beginners to look up kanji with ease."-Akito Ozaki, President, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language



Book Information
ISBN 9781568366258
Author Jack Halpern
Format Paperback
Page Count 1248
Imprint Kodansha America, Inc
Publisher Kodansha America, Inc