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9784770024985

Decoding Kanji A Practical Approach to Learning Look-Alike Characters

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  • ISBN13:

    9784770024985

  • ISBN10:

    4770024983

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-12-08
  • Publisher: Kodansha USA Inc
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Summary

With numerous exercises and charts, students learn to be aware of the subtle differences that distinguish one kanji from another.

Author Biography


YAEKO S. HABEIN was formerly an instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, now retired. GERALD B. MATHIAL was formerly associate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, now retired.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(1)
In Japanese
6(2)
In English
8(4)
What Are Kanji?
12(22)
Kanji Exercises
34(69)
Simple Look-Alikes
34(10)
More Complex Look-Alikes
44(23)
Confusing Homonyms
67(27)
False Homonyms
94(9)
Appendixes 103(31)
Most Frequently Used Single-Unit Kanji
104(6)
Kanji Made by Adding Strokes to Single-Unit Kanji
110(3)
Commonly Used Classifiers
113(6)
Pairs of Homonymous Kanji Compounds with One Kanji in Common
119(10)
Components that Represent Two Different Semantic and Phonetic Values
129(3)
On-readings of Kanji
132(2)
Kanji Index by Stroke Count 134(7)
Answers to Exercises 141

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