The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji : Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Characters

The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji : Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Characters
ISBN: 9784805311707
Publication Date: 20 April 2016

The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji is a unique study guide that provides a comprehensive introduction to all the kanji characters on the Japanese Ministry of Education's official Joyo (General Use) list.

Revised and expanded, this Japanese language book features explanations of the origins and meanings of over 2,000 characters and provides detailed notes on the historical development of each character. Along with the history and development, it also provides all the information needed to read and write the characters.

About the Author

Christopher Seeley (B.A. Hons. & PhD, London University) has written extensively on the Japanese writing system and Chinese characters; his publications include "A History of Writing in Japan" (E.J. Brill, 1991, republished University of Hawai'i Press, 2000). He was senior lecturer and Head of Department at the Asian Languages Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand until his retirement in 2001.

Kenneth G. Henshall is well known for the many books he has written on Japanese literature, history, and culture, as well as for his popular Japanese language-learning textbooks. A graduate of the universities of London (B.A. Hons), Sydney (Ph.D.), and Adelaide (Dip. Ed.), he is now Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He has also taught at the universities of Auckland, Western Australia, California, and Waikato.

Dr. Jiageng Fan specializes in the relationship between the Chinese and Japanese languages and scripts, focusing on the etymology of characters and the change of societal/cultural values which they reflect. He has lived, studied and taught Chinese, Japanese and English in China and Australia and has trav...