Crazy for Kanji: A Student's Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Crazy for Kanji: A Student's Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters
By (Author) Eve Kushner
Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press
2nd January 2008
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
495.611
Physical Properties
Paperback
212
Width 215mm, Height 279mm, Spine 17mm
609g
Description
Memorizing kanjiJapanese written charactersand their thousands of shapes, sounds, and meaningswould drive anyone crazy. And heres something crazier: a whole book about kanjiwhere they come from, why they look like they do, how to tell husband from prisoner, where to find kanji in Wales, and how to learn kanji faster. Scattered throughout are nearly one hundred large-type exhibits of kanji madness, including puzzles and even kanji sudoku. Crazy for Kanji is visually striking and loads of fun for students and language lovers.
Eve Kushner, based in Berkeley, California, is a student of Japanese and an incurable kanji-holic.
Author Bio
Eve Kushner of Berkeley, California, is the creator of Joy o' Kanji (www.joyokanji.com). With this lifelong project, she is writing one essay about every Joyo kanji--that's 2,136 essays!
