Wolfgang Hadamitzky & Mark Spahn – A Guide to Writing Kanji and Kana Books I – II

Wolfgang Hadamitzky & Mark Spahn – A Guide to Writing Kanji and Kana Books I – IIPublisher: uttle Publishing | 1997 | I ISBN: 0-8048-1684-9 | II ISBN: 0-8048-1686-7 | PDF | 218 MBThis book includes the entire Jouyou Kanji list (1,945 characters), as well as complete hiragana and katakana, all of which are required to be considered literate in Japanese. This alone makes the book an excellent learning tool for any beginner ready to tackle the written language. Each kanji symbol is followed with romanized readings, as well as several common compound words it may be found in. Every symbol even provides stroke order, to aid in proper writing techniques.The book pushes beyond the basics, however, also including a list of nearly 300 kanji that can be found in names. The first section of the book provides comprehensive reading for any level student, featuring history, styles, rules, punctuation, and more, for the written language. The indexes in the back give the learner three methods of searching for kanji: by radical, by stroke count, or by reading.While this book will not provide the reader with a complete list of the thousands of kanji that exist, it is an excellent tool with which to start at the basics and help you work your way towards fluency.