Learn to write 100 Japanese characters
If you want to join the ranks of more than 128 million speakers of Japanese worldwide, this book should be your first stop! Whether studying for school, business, or travel, learning to write the Japanese Kanji characters is essential to gain a working knowledge of this language.
Japanese is considered to be the most complicated writing system in the world, with tens of thousands of characters. But with Japanese Character Writing For Dummies, you’ll find easy step-by-step instructions for writing the first 100 Japanese Kanji characters with ease.
Includes online bonus content featuring videos, downloadable flashcards, and printable writing pages Offers easy-to-follow instruction for writing 100 Japanese characters Helps you take your understanding of the language to a new level Shows you how to use the written word to communicate with native speakers
Learning to write Japanese Kanji characters is fun — and now it’s fast and easy too!
By:
Hiroko M. Chiba,
Vincent Grepinet
Imprint: JOHN WILEY
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 269mm,
Width: 211mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9781119475439
ISBN 10: 1119475430
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 20 December 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Where to Go from Here 3 Chapter 1: Wrapping Your Head around Japanese Writing and Pronunciation 5 Brief History of Three Writing Scripts: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana 5 Taking a cue from Chinese writing — Kanji 5 Creating writing scripts better suited to Japanese — hiragana and katakana 6 Pronouncing Japanese Sounds 7 Making Variations of Sounds 8 Two diacritical marks 8 Long vowels 9 Small ya, yu, yo 9 Small tsu 10 When to Use Kanji 10 Chapter 2: Exploring the Nature of Japanese Kanji 13 Getting to Know the Four Types of Kanji 13 Pictographs 13 Simple ideographs 14 Compound ideographs 14 Phonetic-ideographic characters 15 On’yomi versus Kun’yomi Readings 15 Okurigana 15 Kanji compounds 16 Sound shifts in kanji compounds 16 What Are Kanji Radicals? 17 Positions of Radicals 17 Writing Kanji 18 Stroke order 18 Types of strokes 19 Chapter 3: 105 Characters 21 Appendix: Blank Grids for Extra Practice 75
