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Brief Description of some of KDPS Kanji Learner's Dictionaries
1.
NEW JAPANESE-ENGLISH CHARACTER DICTIONARY (NJECD)
Kenkyusha (1990), NTC (1993) (More Info)
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The New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
is a totally new reference work designed to enable the learner to gain
an in-depth understanding of how Chinese characters are used in contemporary
Japanese.
Normally, the student faces the task of learning countless
compound words as unrelated units. A unique feature of this dictionary
that helps overcome this difficulty is the presentation of a central or
core meaning, a concise English keyword that defines the most dominant
meaning of each character, followed by detailed character meanings that
clearly show how a few thousand basic building blocks are combined to
form the several hundred thousand compounds in Japanese.
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To further aid
the learner, clear, complete, and accurate character meanings, illustrated
by numerous compounds and examples, are grouped around the core meaning
in a logically-structured manner that allows them to be conceived as an
integrated unit. To make the dictionary a tool of real precision, it also
provides full guidance for distinguishing between easily confused characters
(synonyms and homophones).
Another unique feature is the introduction of SKIP, a
new indexing system that enables the user to locate entries as quickly
and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries. Since the system can
be learned in a very short time and does not require prior knowledge of
kanji elements, this dictionary is an extremely convenient and easy-to-use
reference tool.
Various other features distinguish this as the most in-depth
Japanese- English character dictionary ever compiled.
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2. THE KODANSHA
KANJI LEARNER'S DICTIONARY (KALD)
Kodansha International (1999) (More
Info)
The Kodansha
Kanji Learner's Dictionary answers the urgent need for an easy-to-use
kanji dictionary, compact enough to be easily carried around, yet detailed
enough to satisfy the practical needs of the serious learner.
Its basic goal is to give the learner a thorough understanding
of how kanji are used in contemporary Japanese by providing instant access
to a wealth of useful information on the meanings, readings, and compounds
for the most frequently used kanji.
A unique and valuable feature is the core meaning,
a concise keyword that defines the most dominant meaning of each character,
which is followed by in-depth meanings that clearly show how a few thousand
basic building blocks are combined to form countless compound words.
Clear, complete, and accurate character meanings,
illustrated by numerous compounds and examples, are grouped around the
core meaning in a logically structured manner that allows them to be perceived
as an integrated unit. In addition, guidance is provided for distinguishing
between easily confused characters, such as homophones.
Another unique feature is the System of Kanji Indexing
by Patterns (SKIP), an indexing system that enables the user to locate
characters as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries.
Since the system can be learned in a very short time and is easy to use,
this dictionary is an extremely convenient learning tool.
Modern linguistic theory has been effectively integrated
with sophisticated information technology to produce a powerful tool that
can be used by beginning and intermediate learners with equal ease. For
the first time, learners of Japanese have at their fingertips a wealth
of information on kanji that is linguistically accurate, easy to use,
and carefully adapted to their practical needs.
Thanks to these and other features, this is the most useful
kanji-English learner's dictionary ever compiled.
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3. NEW JAPANESE-ENGLISH CHARACTER
DICTIONARY:
Electronic Book Edition
Nichigai Associates (1995) (More Info)
The Electronic
Book (EB) Edition of New Japanese-English Character
Dictionary (NJECD) is the latest addition
to KIT (Kanji Integrated Tools) -- a series of computer-edited dictionaries
and other useful learning aids for mastering Japanese. The new dictionary
is based on the first installment of the series, the NJECD, which has
already become established in Japanese language education circles as a
standard reference work.
The EB edition incorporates most of the features of its
parent work, including core meanings, independent words, homophone/synonym
discrimination, compounds, radicals, and a kanji thesaurus. A hierarchical
menu system enables the user to easily retrieve information by specifying
single or multiple keywords, such as readings, radicals, core meanings,
SKIP patterns and stroke-count. This, combined with a comprehensive cross-
reference network, provides the user with multiple search paths to access
information with maximum speed and facility.
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4. THE KODANSHA KANJI LEARNER'S DICTIONARY:
Electronic Dictionary Edition
Casio Computer (2007) (More Info)
The Electronic
Dictionary (ED) Edition of The Kodansha Learner's Dictionary (KALD) was released on CD-ROM and SD card in 2007 by Casio for their EX-word Dataplus series of electronic dictionaries. At last, learners of Japanese can now have access to KALD which takes advantage of the advanced features in electronic dictionary technology that Casio has incorporated into this line of dictionaries.
Using the Casio's highly sensitive handwriting recognition search method, users can now look up kanji in KALD by directly drawing the character onto the dictionaries' touch panel, in addition to seaching via the SKIP method. Searching by a character's on or kun reading, or by searching for the character's radical, are also available to the user.
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5. DICTIONARY OF UNIFIED CJK CHARACTERS:
(for the Unicode Standard) (More Info)
Project on hold
This dictionary brings together in a convenient handbook
format the major national and corporate character set codes of the CJK
characters defined by ISO/IEC 10646. Each character is given mappings
to the principal national and regional standards as well as references
to the Morohashi and Kangxi dictionaries, readings in Japanese, Mandarin,
and Korean, and variant information. It also include an extensive introduction
to character encoding as well as various appendices and indices for readings
and codes of national standards.
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