New characters reÀect prefectural names and major cities and a concern with health and parts of the body. The newly added characters reÀect an information age where technology now allows characters to be more widely generated and consumed on screens. The elimination of 5 seldom-used characters now brings the total of General-Use characters to 2,136. The most signi¿cant revisions are the addition of 196 characters, which were added to the Jǀyǀ kanji (General-Use Characters) list in November of 2010. INTRODUCTION 1 Aim This newly revised edition is designed for students and others who have at least an elementary knowledge of spoken Japanese and want to acquaint themselves with the Japanese writing system. 320–340 Bonus: List of the 196 Newest Jǀyǀ Characters. 166–202 Section 2: The 2,136 General-Use Characters. xii Section 1: The 1,006 Essential Characters. iv 1 Aim iv 2 This Book and the Modern Japanese Writing System iv 2.1 About the Characters Selected iv 2.2 How Characters Are Read in Japanese v 2.3 Writing Characters vi 2.4 Romanization ix 2.5 Kana Signs and Combinations ix 3 Layout Details x 4 Final Notes xi 5 Select Bibliography of Main Works Consulted for This Edition xi Acknowledgments. Tel: 1 (802) 773-8930 Fax: 1 (802) 773-6993 ISBN: 978-1-4629-1482-1(ebook) 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 1307RP Printed in China TUTTLE PUBLISHING® is a registered trademark of Tuttle Publishing, a division of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.Īsia Paci¿c Berkeley Books Pte. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by North America, Latin America & Europe any means, electronic or mechanical, including Tuttle Publishing photocopying, recording, or by any information 364 Innovation Drive storage and retrieval system, without prior written North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436, USA permission from the publisher. Tokyo 141-0032, Japan Original edition © 1959 by Charles E. 5-4-12 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku Third edition © 2003 Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. Japan Tuttle Publishing Yaekari Building, 3rd Floor Fourth edition © 2013 Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past-inspired by Charles Tuttle’s core mission to publish ¿ne books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art-a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese. Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers. Immediately after WW II, Tuttle served in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur and was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing. The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West” Many people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its humble beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. T UT T L E Publishing Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore Kenneth henshall, christopher seeley & henk de groot Fourth edition revised by JAPANESE FOURTH EDITION A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEM The Kanji characters based more on their frequency in everyday language than the complexity of their composition.Detailing coverage of the 1,009 'Essential' Japanese characters arranged by grade for children in the first six years of grade school.Covers all the 2,136 characters in the 'General Use' / Joyo Kanji set.The most recent changes prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education.Key features on this revised edition include: Having a knowledge of the full set of General Use characters, which this guide includes, will allow reading of any Japanese newspaper with ease and confidence. This classic, best-selling learning and reference work, trusted by beginning and intermediate students learning Japanese since 1959, is now being offered as a fourth edition and is thoroughly revised and up-to-date. Today's most trusted-and readily available-resource is A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese. Students have been reading and writing Japanese for centuries, and they build their knowledge most successfully when they rely on a trusted resource.
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