Japanese Kanji & Kana: A Complete Guide to the Japanese Writing System

This is a self-study book for learning Japanese Kanji and Kana

Long the leading book for learning Japanese Characters, Japanese Kanji and Kana is the resource you need to master the basic Japanese characters (kanji) and the hiragana and katakana syllabaries (known collectively as kana). This book features:

• All 2,136 official Joyo kanji with readings and meanings
  
• Up to 5 useful compounds for each kanji
  
• Brush & pen forms, too—not only printed form
  
• 19 convenient tables summarizing key info about the language
  
• Easy access to all kanji via 3 indexes: by radical, stroke count, and readings

Complete, compact and essential, this is the resource you need in order to use and master kanji. This new edition reflects the recent update by the Japanese government of the official Joyo kanji list. Joyo means "daily use," and these 2,136 kanji are the ones that every Japanese person learns in public education. Japanese Kanji and Kana is perfect for the student who wants to get an A in Kanji and Kana class or for the more casual learner who has an interest in the Japanese Language. The kana and kanji are presented in an easy to understand format that will help you to learn Japanese quickly and retain what you have learned. A concise indexing section also allows the book to function as a Japanese dictionary and plenty of extra space is allowed for writing Kanji and writing Kana. All the characters are written clearly making reading kanji and reading kana effortless.