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Kanji & Kana: Handbook and Dictionary of the Japanese Writing System (English and Japanese Edition)

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I have used this book and find it to be clearly the best single, small (you can carry it with you), easy to use book on writing Japanese. The dictionary/indexes in the back are very good. Stroke count and stroke order is clearly spelled out and each of the 1900 kanji are cross referenced to Nelson and radical #.

If you are going to buy only one book to study written Japanese this is the one. I recommend the hardback edition strongly for its portability.

An ideal learning aid for the mastery of japanese. In a pioneering way it brings together into a coherent whole a great deal of information which,until now, one would have to had searched through a dozen textbooks to find.I glady recommend this book to any student of japanese.This textbook was of great resource for me and is one of the lesser know books for japanese.Once you pick it up however, you will surely find that nearly every question that first arises about japanese will be fully answered in the most clear and spefic way possible.All in all,the work is rich in information and makes a fine introduction to the japanese writing system. It will prove an indispensible aid to the beginner.