Essential Japanese Kanji is an easy approach to learning the most basic kanji encountered in everyday situations in Japan. Packed with fun quizzes and useful exercises for those wishing to improve their Japanese ability, this new edition has been repackaged in a more compact, value-for-money size while losing none of the content that has made it a long-selling favourite. Key features of Essential Japanese Kanji: Provides a systematic introduction to the basic kanji characters Includes compounds, radicals, readings, stroke counts, and definitions. Helpful writing practice guides teach you how to write each kanji; Example sentences show how each kanji is used in context; Everyday tasks like finding a street address or buying a train ticket in Japan require a basic working knowledge of kanjiu the Japanese system of writing based on Chinese characters. Essential japanese Kanji, teaches you the kanji you'll actually need in everyday situations in lessons prepared by teachers from the prestigious University of Tokyo.

The Kanji Text Research Group at Tokyo University is made up of teachers whose focus is teaching Japanese language to foreign students. They have spent more than two decades developing the most effective methods to help beginning learners of Japanese grasp the kanji. The group is part of Tokyo University's prestigious Graduate School of Engineering, which accepts and trains a sizable number of foreign post-graduate students each year from around the world.