Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary at The Japan Shop

Posted on 26. Jan, 2008 @ 9:08 pm by in Books, Gadgets, Language Views: 889

Just a quick heads up! To all you Kanji geeks out there.

The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary is available on TheJapanShop.com now. Kanji whee!

In addition, for those of you who have the incredible GW9600 Sharp electronic dictionary (like me) you can get the same Kanji Learner’s Dictionary on an SD card to load into your electronic dictionary. Sure, the dictionary itself costs a lot more in digital format, but hey, it’s crazy convenient… and for something as laborious as learning Kanji, a little convenience goes a long way!

Not only that, but the expansion card for the GW9600 is specifically made for English speakers learning Kanji. Most other expansion cards for the GW9600 target the Japanese market, but not this one. This one is just for the gaijin! There is a video online explaining the dictionary and it’s features, so sure to check it out, it’s well done.

I was already at an extremely advanced level when I discovered the Kanji Learner’s Dictionary so I have only used it in passing, but my friends who are slogging their way through all 1900+ of the jyoyo Kanji right now swear by it.

Speaking of Kanji, did you guys know there is a application called ‘Kanji Box’ on Facebook that let’s you study Kanji for specific JLPT exams? I just found out this week. It’s fun when it’s not crashing!

Happy Kanji-ing!

- Harvey

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  • http://slashandburn.typepad.com/slash_and_burn/ Adam

    I bought this book on the first day of kanji class a year ago and was totally mystified by it, so it sat on the shelf untouched until just the other day when I picked it up again. Now that I know how to count strokes, it’s easy to look stuff up! (Except when I see some complex character with tiny, dense radicals on a little computer screen and can’t even discern between lines.) I’m taking it with me to Japan and plan on using it a lot!

  • J.

    I have this dictionary already a few years and like it very much. Looking up unknown kanji, without knowing radicals, is an easy task with it. It also helped me greatly in writing kanji as it gives exact stroke order. A great help in my study, trying to get from JLPT3 to JLPT2.

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