Shin Nihongo no Kiso 1: Kanji Workbook - English

An essential grounding in kanji for the beginner, these books explain kanji's origins and formation (pictographs, simple ideographs, compound ideographs, phonetic-ideographic characters, and radicals) and introduce 596 kanji, including those in Shin Nihongo no Kiso. The kanji's readings, stroke order and usage are also given.