Book kanji writing
How do you write a kanji?
1
Put the pile in front of you, a bit to the left
Pull off the top card, then write the kanji in your notebook once
Look at the back of the card
Make sure you get the stroke order and the direction right
Got it? Good
Write it four more times in your notebook: good old-fashioned drilling
This helps you learn to write it the correct way
2
How many kanji are there?
Learn more Updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the Japanese government in 2010 as “general-use” kanji, the sixth edition of this popular text aims to provide students with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember
Which Kanji book should I use?
The books we usually recommend are those from the Minna no Nihongo series for self-study learners and those of the Nihongo Sou Matomo or Shin Kanzen Master for JLPT N5 and N4 students
What is the best way to use a kanji book? The best way to use a kanji book is to work through it at your own pace and keep track of your progress
Japanese kanji not in the lists of jōyō kanji
Hyōgaijifont-weight:normal> , also known as hyōgai kanjifont-weight:normal> (表外漢字), is a term for Japanese kanji outside the two major lists of jōyō kanji, which are taught in primary and secondary school, and the jinmeiyō kanji, which are additional kanji that are officially allowed for use in personal names.
The term jōyōgai kanjifont-weight:normal> (常用外漢字) is also encountered but it designates all the kanji outside the list of jōyō kanji, including the jinmeiyō kanji.
Basic 1,026 Japanese kanji taught in schools
Kyōiku kanjifont-weight:normal> , also known as Gakunenbetsu kanji haitōhyōfont-weight:normal> is a list of 1,026 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese students should learn from first grade to the sixth grade.
Although the list is designed for Japanese students, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji.
The ja-Latn>jōyō kanji system of representing written Japanese currently consists of 2,136 characters.
Remembering the Kanji is a series of three volumes by James Heisig, intended to teach the 3,000 most frequent Kanji to students of the Japanese language.
The series is available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew.
There is a supplementary book, Remembering the Kana, which teaches the Japanese syllabaries. Remembering the Hanzi by the same author is intended to teach the 3,000 most frequent Hanzi to students of the Chinese language.
This book has two variants: Remembering Simplified Hanzi and Remembering Traditional Hanzi, each in two volumes.
Japanese kanji not in the lists of jōyō kanji
Hyōgaijifont-weight:normal> , also known as hyōgai kanjifont-weight:normal> (表外漢字), is a term for Japanese kanji outside the two major lists of jōyō kanji, which are taught in primary and secondary school, and the jinmeiyō kanji, which are additional kanji that are officially allowed for use in personal names.
The term jōyōgai kanjifont-weight:normal> (常用外漢字) is also encountered but it designates all the kanji outside the list of jōyō kanji, including the jinmeiyō kanji.
Basic 1,026 Japanese kanji taught in schools
Kyōiku kanjifont-weight:normal> , also known as Gakunenbetsu kanji haitōhyōfont-weight:normal> is a list of 1,026 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese students should learn from first grade to the sixth grade.
Although the list is designed for Japanese students, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji.
The ja-Latn>jōyō kanji system of representing written Japanese currently consists of 2,136 characters.
Remembering the Kanji is a series of three volumes by James Heisig, intended to teach the 3,000 most frequent Kanji to students of the Japanese language.
The series is available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew.
There is a supplementary book, Remembering the Kana, which teaches the Japanese syllabaries. Remembering the Hanzi by the same author is intended to teach the 3,000 most frequent Hanzi to students of the Chinese language.
This book has two variants: Remembering Simplified Hanzi and Remembering Traditional Hanzi, each in two volumes.
