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Remembering the Kanji
James W. Heisig
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Description for Remembering the Kanji
Paperback. Following the first volume of Remembering the Kanji, this provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Remembering the Kanji 2 lays out the varieties of phonetic pattern and offers helpful hints for learning readings, that might otherwise appear completely random, in an efficient and rational way. Num Pages: 407 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 676.
Following the first volume of Remembering the Kanji, the present work provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronounce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns. Identifying these patterns and arranging them in logical order can reduce dramatically the amount of time spent in the brute memorisation of sounds unrelated to written forms. Many of the primitive elements, or building blocks, used in the drawing of the characters also serve to indicate the ... Read more
Following the first volume of Remembering the Kanji, the present work provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronounce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns. Identifying these patterns and arranging them in logical order can reduce dramatically the amount of time spent in the brute memorisation of sounds unrelated to written forms. Many of the primitive elements, or building blocks, used in the drawing of the characters also serve to indicate the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
407
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
676g
Number of Pages
407
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824836696
SKU
V9780824836696
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About James W. Heisig
James W. Heisig is professor and permanent research fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture in Nagoya, Japan.
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