Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary

A revised, expanded edition of the best-selling Japanese-English character dictionarythe most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of its kind, with over 3,000 characters

Japanese language learners now have instant access to a wealth of accurate and in-depth information on kanji, including their meanings, readings, stroke order, and usage in compounds.

Includes the System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP), a revolutionary indexing system that has gained widespread popularity because it enables the user to locate characters as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries.

Features include:

3,002 kanji entries772 more than in the first editionreflecting recent changes in the government-prescribed Joyo and Jinmei Kanji lists

Includes latest 2020 revision of Education Kanji from 1006 to 1026

Readings shown in kana instead of romanized Japanese

Core meaning keywords that define the dominant sense of each kanji, followed by character meanings, or specific senses the kanji can have when used in the living language

Thousands more compounds and other usage examples

Expanded coverage of name readings Gives alternative forms of kanji when more than one is considered acceptable according to the most recent Joyo Kanji specifications

Cross-references to entries in The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary, a revised and expanded edition of the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary

Kodanshas Kanji Learners Dictionary is the most powerful kanji-learning tool ever devised.