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title: "A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese: Fourth Edition, JLPT All Levels (2,136 Japanese Kanji Characters)"
brand: "florence sakadejanet ikeda"
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# A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese: Fourth Edition, JLPT All Levels (2,136 Japanese Kanji Characters)

**Brand:** florence sakadejanet ikeda
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- **What is this?** A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese: Fourth Edition, JLPT All Levels (2,136 Japanese Kanji Characters) by florence sakadejanet ikeda
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This book shows students how to properly write (form)Japanese Kanji and Kana characters
  

*by D***1 on Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014*

It also provides the primary English meaning of the Kanji.  What it does is terrific, for me.  It is not a dictionary.  Beyond the above, it is not much of a guide to learning how to read and write Japanese either.  But it shows the strokes for the most commonly used Kanji and I find that very useful. I would recommend it to English speaking students of Japanese Kanji as a supplement to their other texts.This book is an updated version of the 1959 edition. It has most of the new characters--2136 Kanji.  I bought it because I have been using the 1959 edition for years and it is falling apart. Amazon describes this  as a paperback but it is a Hard paperback and should give me another 50 years of service..

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Expert Help for Students of Japanese
  

*by K***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2013*

I was very pleased to find that this book is continuing to be printed--I used it as a student in the 1960's. I found it the best source for learning the kanji in a systematic way--the only book I know that shows the correct stroke order for each of the Toyo kanji. The index makes is easy to locate kanji by their on or kun readings, and sample words are provided for each. I don't know how I would have done without it. I actually bought this edition for a Buddhist teacher who needs to write kanji for her religious ceremonies, and she was delighted with it. I still have my original edition--I would never part with it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    it's very useful for learning the basics
  

*by S***O on Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015*

We used this book in my high school japanese class.  Although it only has a limited number of kanji in it, it's very useful for learning the basics.  Each kanji has instructions for each stroke to make sure you're using proper stroke order, and it gives you both Chinese and Japanese (onyomi and kunyomi) readings though not all of them, for example it doesn't list conjugations of each reading, and it only gives you the most important ones.  This book is very straight forward, so it doesn't give you ways to remember each kanji, but it's a good tool for learning meanings and learning the stroke order.

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