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The Complete Guide to Everyday Kanji
A Systematic Approach to Mastering of 1,945 Joyo Kanji as well as 1,257 Common Compounds
Authors Yaeko S. Habein, Gerald B. Mathias
Publisher Kodansha
CategoryKanji learning - Joyo kanji
ISBNs4770015097 [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]
0870117939 [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]

Review by Gerald B. Mathias

Six chapters cover: 1, rules of stroke order; 2, about 150 simple "basic" kanji, with early forms, showing development from pictures or abstract symbols; 3, kanji that combine semantic elements; 4, characters containing phonetic elements; 5, kun-yomi, okurigana, ateji, proper names; 6, rules (and ... read more

Review by Charles Eicher

It has rather good etymological info and dissects most kanji thoroughly. The analysis of the components in New Kanji Dict sample is about the same as TCGTEK's analysis, except that Bart sez the two items enclosed in the "hands" are a phonetic component KOU meaning "cross," NKD sez it is a component meaning "words/concepts." At this level of analysis, you'd pretty much need to to to something like Morohashi and consult with Chinese etymologists to get any further level of detail.


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