MAIN LIBRARY HOURS
Loading...
Japanese dictionaries: Kanji 漢字
Online Dictionaries
-
Jisho Japanese English DictionaryIncludes audio files for pronunciation and Quicktime movies for stroke order.
-
Kanji.netMultiple search options: pronunciation, radicals, stroke count...
Print Dictionaries
Recommended titles in order of difficulty.
-
Kodansha Learner's DictionaryCall Number: UM East Asian Reference ; PL 677.5 .K63 2001ISBN: 4770028555 -
The Kanji DictionaryCall Number: UM East Asian Reference ; PL677.5 .S625 1996ISBN: 0804820589This uses a different indexing system for characters from Nelson and traditional Japanese language character indexes. Some people love it and some hate it -- the choice is yours. -
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character DictionaryCall Number: UM East Asian Reference ; PL677.5 .N44 1997ISBN: 0804820368 -
Dai Kan-Wa jiten byCall Number: UM East Asian Reference ; PL1425 .M6 1966This is the mother of all kanji dictionaries. Essential for people working on classical Japanese and obscure pre-modern texts.
Study on Your Own
-
Kanji AliveKanji alive is a free, web-based tool to help beginning and intermediate level Japanese language learners to read and write kanji. It is cross-platform and will run in current versions of all major web browsers.
-
Kanji Practice (Dartmouth College)Website created at Dartmouth College for studying Japanese kanji.
-
Kakijun 漢字の正しい書き方This is an excellent tool to remind you/teach you the proper stroke order for kanji.