Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
Edition New edition
Publication Date 1 Jan 2001
OverviewThis dictionary contains the 2000 kanji and 24,000 kanji compounds necessary to understand contemporary Japanese. Characters that correspond to core meanings are highlighted in red for easy reference. They are then followed by character meanings that illustrate how these characters are combined to form countless compound words. Each character corresponding to a core meaning features a diagram showing how to character should be written.