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The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
Authors John H. Haig, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Publisher Tuttle
CategoryKanji to English
ISBN0804820368 [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]

Review of The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary by Charles E. Tuttle catalogue

A complete update of a long-time, award-winning classic, this is a major revision of Andrew N. Nelson's best-selling Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary, first published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company in 1962. With the addition of over 1,200 characters, 2,000 new entries in the on-kun index, and a completely revised radical system, this volume sets new standards for excellence, ease-of-use, and reliability in the field of Japanese language-learning reference books.

The chore of hunting for kanji by determining their primary radicals has been simplified with the new Universal Radical Index, and characters can be identified immediately using any one of their radical components. The expanded cross-referencing system includes the character's reference to Morohashi's Dai Kanwa Jiten, the JIS code number for each character, and its sequential position in the complete character listing. John H. Haig is an associate professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, one of the largest departments of its kind in the United States.

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