Illustrations are commonly used for kana learning, but not as common for kanji learning, which makes this textbook special. I was floundering on block for forgetting what I have learnt before, it's frustating to re-learn again back to the beginning (this happened twice already. S. But it was super helpful and I did pass the N4 level of the JLPT in 2014, so it was definitely an effective resource.

KANJI LOOK AND LEARN ( 512 Kanji with Illustrations and Mnemonic Hints) is the companion book of the Genki series that focuses on the Kanji characters from the level N5 to N3 of the JLPT. There are English translations and easy-to-understand illustrations for each kanji (though sometimes i wonder how they came up with those drawings).The book includes all 317 kanji in the "Genki" textbook -The companion workbook helps users to learn kanji not only at the level of characters and words, but also in the context of sentences and longer text.

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The book contains 512 kanji, as well as 3,500 essential vocabulary(using those kanji) for beginner and intermediate learners. If you are a fan of the Genki textbook series, you may as well enjoy their kanji textbook, Kanji Look and Learn. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. The book teaches you 512 beginner to intermediate-level kanji with memory hints aka mnemonics to help readers get the readingin their heads.Each kanji comes with the memory hint, which are a written story (written in English and Japanese) and illustrations, the kanji's common readings, and vocabulary words where the kanji is used in. Before actually introducing the kanji themselves, the book begines with an overview of kanji as well as how they teach kanji in their book.

The book includes all 317 kanji in the “Genki” textbook -The companion workbook helps users to learn kanji not only at the level of characters and words, but also in the context of sentences and longer text. It helps users to learn kanji not only at the level of characters and words, but also in the context of sentences and longer text. However, you can come up with your own story, and that is particularly where the beauty of studying Kanji lies. It would have been more beneficial if the historical background of the letter was discussed, but it might have resulted in a more complicated mnemonic.However, if you're a visual learner and just looking for something that helps you build a basic foundation, this book may be a good start for you. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). If you've memorized all the hiragana and katakana and want to move on to basic Kanji, i recommend that you read this book together with the Japanese grammar book you're currently reading.