Re: FYI: Kanji 1-6 books: These are fun and easy to read in Japanese

From: Ｓｒｉｎ・Ｔｕａｒ (SrinTuar_at_example.net)
Date: 11/20/04

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    thirdrock wrote:
    > Ｓｒｉｎ・Ｔｕａｒ wrote:
    >
    >
    >> Ah, I remember those. They are pretty common in begginer kanji books
    >> but as far as I can tell they are completely useless. More important is
    >> order: the grade levels 1 - 6 are a pretty tough ordering for an adult
    >> to follow. The same goes for the JLPT kanji levels, they even worse.
    >> A structured method introduces kanji in order by complexity and
    >> components, reveals connections between the different radicals and
    >> basically gives the learner the ablity to break down a kanji and
    >> analyze it, rather than be forced to deal with it as a whole shape.
    >>
    >
    > Can you provide an example of such a text?
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    > Ian
    >

    You could look into the books by henshall or heisig.
    I'm sure there are others as well. Try amazon's search
    feature if you want something in dead-tree format.

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