Kanji Learner's Dictionary Vietnamese Edition漢字学習辞典ベトナム語版

Overview

This is the first fully fledged published Kanji–Vietnamese dictionary. It provides learners with an accurate, in-depth reference covering all kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools under the official government curriculum. Designed for beginners, the dictionary offers immediate access to essential information such as meanings, readings, stroke order, and usage in compound words.

Compound words are often difficult for learners because they are memorized as isolated items. This dictionary addresses that problem by organizing entries around a core meaning—a concise keyword representing the central concept of each kanji—followed by its character meanings in modern usage. This structure helps learners grasp the logic underlying kanji usage.

Another key feature is the System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP), an innovative lookup method that enables fast and accurate kanji searches by visual pattern and stroke count, making lookup comparable to alphabetic dictionaries.

Together, these features make this dictionary a powerful and practical kanji-learning tool for beginners.

• All 1,026 main headword characters from the official elementary-school kanji list

• Approximately 25,500 meanings for 20,665 words, morphemes, and illustrative examples

• 588 homophones, showing distinctions between closely related characters

• 1,026 stroke-order diagrams, illustrating how to write each kanji step by step

• 2,870 character readings

• Hundreds of cross-references and four appendices that allow quick access to a large body of useful reference information

Features That Make This Dictionary Ideal for Beginners:

• A comprehensive, detailed presentation of all 1,026 kanji from the official school list

• Readings written in kana, preferred by educators over romaji representations of Japanese

• Over 18,500 compound words and additional usage examples

• Extensive cross-references between entries in The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary and The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary

“Modern, reliable, and easy to use… This dictionary is superbly designed and meets the needs of a wide range of Japanese language learners.”

— Y.-H. Tohsaku, Former President, American Association of Teachers of Japanese

“An essential book for anyone seeking to overcome the challenges of learning kanji… An outstanding tool that allows beginners to look up kanji with ease.”

— Akito Ozaki, Former President, Japanese Language Education Association