Japanese language reference material
On this page various files that I have created primarily for my
personal use can be found. If they are useful to you, then please
go ahead and utilize them. If you have any suggestions for future
additions, or enhancements, then please mail me, but bear in mind
that any update may take a long time, if not forever...
My reviews of Japanese language learning/reference materials can
be found here.
Kanji grids
My romaji-handwriting is pretty appalling, so imagine what my kana
and kanji are like... To try to force myself into producing some
sort of legible pages, I produced the following Kanji grids. All
except the smallest have furigana boxes, although as there are only
3 furigana boxes per kanji box, you might have problems spelling
out the name of the author of the Tale of Genji.
The grids were produced completely 'by hand' in the PostScript
programming language, as understood by all self-respecting laser
printers. If you don't possess such a printer, then via a tool
such as GhostScript, you
should be able to get them converted into a format you can output.
Windows users may need to download a utility such as
PrintFile to allow
PostScript files to be printed directly to a PostScript printer.
These grids are designed to fit A4-size paper.
Shin Nihongo no Kiso Kanji Books I & II Kanji Lists
Tables of the 600-odd kanji covered in these two textbooks.
Only the kanji themselves are listed, no readings, meanings,
compounds etc. are given.
List in Word 2000 format
List in JWP format
List in EUC format
List in NEC format
List in new JIS format
List in old JIS format
List in shift JWP format
(Can you tell I was playing around with the save options in JWP? :-)
The Bushu
A table of the 214 bushu (Kanji radicals). This was done a long
time ago, so I would not be at all surprised if there are errors. Also
note that the bushu are listed in their original forms, rather than the
condensed/changed forms that they appear as in most kanji.
List in JWP format
List in JIS format
List in Unicode format
Kanji used in family names
Although this does include the most common kanji found in family names,
some others listed may be relatively uncommon. From personal experience,
trying to learn kanji used in names is a worthwhile endeavor; while there
are other areas that will prove more useful in passing exams, being able
to read or write their name correctly seems to impress a lot of people :-)
I might compose a similar file for given names, but as they are a lot
more varied (at least to my mind), don't hold your breath...
List in Word 2000 format
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