Kanji Study Cards [Cards]

James W. Heisig (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0870408852 | ISBN-13: 978-0870408854 | Publication Date: January 1, 1992

A boxed set of 2,042 flash cards contains full information on kanji including Chinese and Japanese readings, English equivalents, and hints for vocabulary building.

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About the Author

JAMES W. HEISIG is a permanent research fellow of the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture (Nagoya, Japan), where he has been since 1978 and which he served as director from 1991 to 2001.

Product Details

• Cards: 2042 pages
• Publisher: Japan Publications Trading (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870408852
• ISBN-13: 978-0870408854
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.1 x 3.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #989,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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James W. Heisig is professor and permanent research fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture in Nagoya, Japan.

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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect companion to Remembering the Kanji series., February 4, 2001

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Igor Ianov (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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Flashcards for Kanji studies are almost a must have tool and there are 2 ways to make your flashcards set: the difficult way is do it yourself and the easy one is to buy already made cards. I've tried both ways and if you don't want to spend time cutting paper and looking for kanji info in dictionary (and it is not a small quantity of time and efforts), then James W. Heisig's Kanji Study Cards is the perfect solution. The only serious drawback is the price of 130 US$, but in my opinion their study value is worth the money I've spent. The card come packaged in file cabinet like carrying case, making it easy to manage them. There are 2042 kanji cards and almost 60 empty cards for filling with characters absent from the set, though it seems to me rather remote possibility for some time until I really begin to need to do it. Card set is build around Remembering the Kanji book series (volume 1, 2 and 3) following it's order and excellent learning method. There is also cross-reference to Nelson's Japanese-English Character Dictionary and P.G.O'Neill's Essencial Kanji. Unlike similar cards it uses katakana and hiragana for on and kun readings respectively. There is also at least one compoung example with space provided to add more. Finally in my opinion it fully deserves 5 stars given to it.

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not very durable, July 11, 2003

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kyara - See all my reviews

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The main reason I bought these cards was to save myself the time and effort of making my own - and to this end, they serve their purpose. Yet while the information on each card is great, I have a few complaints. First of all, the quality of the box and the cards is basic and not particularly durable. The box is made of light cardboard, and the cards are also made of fairly lightweight card paper. For the price I expected better quality. Another feature I don't like, but which seems to be the standard for Kanji cards, is that rather than turn over the card from left to right (or right to left) like a page, you turn it "up and over". Any more complaints? Yes, a little colour coding on the cards would be nice. However, I do appreciate the effort put into creating these cards, and hopefully future editions will be more durable, more colourful and a little cheaper.

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Computer Flash Cards; Kanji Gold, September 4, 2002

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The Kanji Study Cards are great. If you wish to add a computer flash card component to your study regimen, there's a great program that uses the Hesig's format. "Kanji Gold" by Dr. Hewgill is a free 3MB download that is very popular. Just run a search for it on Yahoo. "ganbatte"