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# Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters Paperback – 31 Mar. 2011

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- **What is this?** Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters Paperback – 31 Mar. 2011 by james w. heisig
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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #15,810 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Alphabet Reference #13 in Study & Teaching Reference (Books) #22 in Linguistics Reference |
| Book 1 of 3  | Remembering the Kanji |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,136) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 1.11 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | 6th Updated |
| ISBN-10  | 0824835921 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0824835927 |
| Item Weight  | 1.45 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 496 pages |
| Publication date  | March 31, 2011 |
| Publisher  | University of Hawaii Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kanji drawing and meaning
*by T***R on 11 October 2016*

The mnemonics are a little cringeworthy at times (lol), but they're good starter ideas if you can think of a better one.The book itself is well written and well paced.This will show you a logical list of the 2000+ kanji: both how to draw them in their correct sequential stroke order and what they actually mean as a pictograph.What it doesn't mention, and I have paired this up nicely with this: (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/4805311703), is the on/kunyomi pronunciations and some example words/phrases that you might see each kanji in.For example, this book will show you how to draw the kanji for 'moon'/'flesh'/'body part' but it won't then tell you that it can be pronounced "GATSU"/"GETSU"/"tsuki" nor that you might see it written in ICHIGATSU (meaning January = One + moon). Conversely, the second book doesn't include what this book shows.Together, the two books cover everything you'd want unless hunting for kanji outside the standard list, though the kanji are not listed in the same order of course, so there's a bit of page flicking. I would advise sticking with this book's order, as it has been specially written to facilitate ease of learning stroke order patterns rather than purely by level of difficulty of concept/stroke complexity.If you can find the kanji you're looking for in this book by how to draw it, or use this book to work out how it's drawn indirectly, it's then incredibly easy to count up the number of total brush strokes (and the general direction it's drawn in) and then look it up in a kanji dictionary or in the index.It's going to take a LOOOOOONG time to learn these, but every journey starts with a single step, right?

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best thing ever, it's F amazing
*by B***A on 27 December 2014*

The best thing ever. Let me tell you.If you are beginner in Japanese language, if you want to learn quickly you will use this book. There are people that do not like Heisig method, BUT.. that is because they do not understand what this book gives you.You will learn 2200 characters. You will remember them and have mnemonic meaning. People say "how does this help you with Japanese?" and "what is the point to know how to write character if you don't know the real meaning in context".Hear me. After you know 2200 kanjis and their mnemonic meaning, it will be so easy for you to go into grammar and vocabulary. Why? Because you will store new words in your head so quickly, because you know the kanjis already. It's so so so simple.Basically this method shortens the whole procedure of learning Japanese by a lot.When you were learning latin alphabet, you had to remember A, B, C, D to make a word. It is the same with kanjis. When you know them it's easy to remember the word.So trust me, and go through this book, once you remember the kanjis, Japanese grammar and vocabulary is peace of cake.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A quick and unique way to remember all the kanji
*by M***Y on 12 November 2018*

A great and unique way to learn the kanji. Don't expect to know how to pronounce all the kanji at the end, but that isn't what the book is designed to do. Instead you will go from seeing squiggles and funny symbols to being able to recognise each kanji using the primitives that make them up. I struggle with learning purely by repetition, but the method in this book can have you learning 10 plus kanji a day with minimal effort. Once you have this mental kanji dictionary, I find remembering the readings 10 times easier.It seems as though all the negative reviewers are expecting to learn the language from this one book. You will not learn a single Japanese word from this book, nor will you improve your speaking skills even a tiny bit. This is a supplement to learning Japanese, and should be used alongside something like genki or minna no nihongo.

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