The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised and Expanded: 2nd Edition

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A revised, expanded edition of the best-selling Japanese-English character dictionary—the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of its kind, with over 3,000 characters Japanese language learners now have instant access to a wealth of accurate and in-depth information on kanji , including their meanings, readings, stroke order, and usage in compounds. Includes the System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP) , a revolutionary indexing system that has gained widespread popularity because it enables the user to locate characters as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries. Features include: • 3,002 kanji entries —772 more than in the first edition—reflecting recent changes in the government-prescribed Jōyō and Jinmei Kanji lists • Includes latest 2020 revision of Education Kanji from 1006 to 1026 • Readings shown in kana instead of romanized Japanese • Core meaning keywords that define the dominant sense of each kanji, followed by character meanings , or specific senses the kanji can have when used in the living language • Thousands more compounds and other usage examples • Expanded coverage of name readings Gives alternative forms of kanji when more than one is considered acceptable according to the most recent Jōyō Kanji specifications • Cross-references to entries in The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary , a revised and expanded edition of the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary Kodansha’s Kanji Learner’s Dictionary is the most powerful kanji-learning tool ever devised.