漢字
This is my first post in my blog so it has to be
special, and for me the topic Kanji does the job very well.
I think my friends already know how much I love Kanji,
so it’s not a very surprising topic for me to address.
Currently I am studying Japanese language, and of
course Kanji is a very basic requirement to master the language. I first used
Basic Kanji Book, which is a series of four textbooks; Basic Kanji Book
volumes 1 & 2 each has 500 kanji characters. And Intermediate Kanji
Book volumes 1 & 2 each has 1000 kanji characters. (Links to the books
will be listed at the end of the post.)
I recommend this series because, as I mentioned, it’s
a series so when you finish a book you’ll know immediately where to go next.
The previously mentioned series has it, from the
basics of writing to the combination rules supported by review tests, but I
think that is not enough. At least as I have experienced, knowing the history,
science, and logic behind kanji gives a deeper and more comprehensive view of
those characters. The book is by Prof. Shirakawa, named 「白川静博士 の 漢字 の 世界 へ」, which introduces kanji briefly right before going
into the kanji lists according to their school-year order used in Japanese
education system. I will be reviewing
the book in more detail in a future post. This book is actually not a
textbook for foreigners to learn Japanese, it’s a book to study about kanji
rather study how to read and write kanji.
The third book I am currently
using is Useful
Chinese Characters for Learners of Korean, because I am learning Korean as well, but after
having a quite big amount of kanji in my head a character just pops out
whenever I learn new vocabulary in Korean feeling that somehow it has something
to with Japanese, but more accurately it’s the Kanji (or Hanja, as it’s called
in Korean) that is making some vocabulary sound very similar. (Not to mention
how much the grammar is similar between the two languages which is supporting
me greatly to proceed with my Korean study now.) Back to the textbook, I am
really enjoying it as it’s giving so many answers to questions I had, and I’d
probably have in the future, about Korean vocabulary. But this book isn’t only
to satisfy your curiosity about the similarities between Korean and Japanese,
but also to teach you the linguistics of Korean and the logic it was built on.
I would also suggest to use the online ‘Naver Hanja
Dictionary’, (link: http://hanja.naver.com/),
for nice and quick search.
That’s it for this post, thank you for reading. The
real purpose of this was raise questions and stimulate thinking rather than
teach something new.
If you have any question please ask, and I would be
glad to answer.
List
of books mentioned, links to amazon:
1.
BASIC KANJI BOOK VOL.1 基本漢字500: https://www.amazon.co.jp/BASIC-KANJI-BOOK-VOL-1-%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%97500/dp/4893580914)
2.
BASIC KANJI BOOK VOL.2 基本漢字500: https://www.amazon.co.jp/BASIC-KANJI-BOOK-%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%97500-VOL-2/dp/4893588834/ref=pd_cp_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZZRZ2J66RANZ42BEC8RT
3.
INTERMEDIATE KANJI BOOK VOL.1: https://www.amazon.co.jp/INTERMEDIATE-KANJI-BOOK-VOL-1-%E6%94%B9%E8%A8%82%E7%AC%AC3%E7%89%88/dp/4893588109/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507796918&sr=1-1&keywords=intermediate+kanji+book
4.
INTERMEDIATE KANJI BOOK vol.2―漢字1000PLUS: https://www.amazon.co.jp/INTERMEDIATE-KANJI-BOOK-vol-2%E2%80%95%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%971000PLUS-%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E7%99%BE%E5%90%88/dp/489358877X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KVYN4WGAP0HCHRMBBB29
6.
Useful Chinese Characters for
Learners of Korean:
https://www.amazon.com/Useful-Chinese-Characters-Learners-Korean/dp/895995764X
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