Learning Japanese kanji can be fun! This travel-size book for beginners uses cute, colorful pictures and funny phrases to teach you essential kanji characters used in daily life. 

Structure

Written by self-proclaimed kanji-geek Bret Mayer, Let’s Explore Kanji introduces the basic 100 kanji learned in the 1st and 2nd grades of Japanese elementary school. You will also learn the origins of kanji, as well as their stroke order, regular and cursive scripts, on-yomi and kun-yomi readings, plus fun phrases brought to life with cute illustrations. 

In Chapter 2, discover over 100 kanji listed by type to include parts of the body, numbers, and colors presented with colorful drawings. Finally, this handy book includes a download link to the audio for kanji pronunciation practice and an English-to-kanji index for easy reference. This book is perfect if you’re new to kanji or hope to deepen your knowledge of the basics, or as a compact reference book when you are traveling in Japan!

About Bret Mayer

Bret Mayer is an American based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, known to be the first person from a non-kanji-used country to pass the first-grade certificate in Kanji Kentei (Japan Kanji Aptitude Test). He now plays an active part as a Kanji educationist certified by Ritsumeikan University.

About this book:

Original Title: はじめてのかんじ(漢字)Let's Explore KANJI

Pages: 160

ISBN: 978-4863924499

Languages: English and Japanese 

Publishing date: August 26th, 2019