--- product_id: 15440713 title: "The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary" price: "€ 130.90" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/15440713-the-kodansha-kanji-dictionary store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary **Price:** € 130.90 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary - **How much does it cost?** € 130.90 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/15440713-the-kodansha-kanji-dictionary) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary —a revised, expanded edition of Jack Halpern’s groundbreaking New Japanese-English Character Dictionary—is the most complete, linguistically accurate, and up-to-date dictionary of its kind. The culmination of more than twenty years of labor—some one hundred man-years—this authoritative and easy-to-use dictionary has been celebrated the world over by students and teachers of the Japanese language for its wealth of detailed information on the meanings and usages of Sino-Japanese characters. One of the unique features that has made this dictionary so popular is the core meaning, a concise keyword that facilitates an instant grasp of the fundamental concept of each kanji. Along with detailed character meanings, the core meaning helps learners decode unfamiliar compound words from the meanings of their components. Another unique feature is the System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP), a revolutionary indexing system that makes it possible to locate entries as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries. With SKIP, all you need to do to find a kanji is identify the geometrical pattern to which it belongs, then count the strokes in each part of that pattern—a much speedier process than searching by traditional methods such as by radical. Updates include the integration of 5,458 entry characters—almost 20 percent more than in the first edition. This includes all the government-prescribed Joyo and Jinmei Kanji, as well as extensive coverage of old and alternative character forms. The new edition also features more readings, meanings, synonym articles, usage notes, and vocabulary items than before. And, in keeping with modern Japanese-language curricula, character and compound readings are shown in kana instead of romanized Japanese. With its wealth of detailed and up-to-date information on kanji meanings, readings, and usages, its accessible new design, its convenient lookup methods (six including SKIP), and its added content, this dictionary is certain to satisfy the needs of students, teachers, scholars, translators—anyone who uses the Japanese language. Review: Japanese Kanji dictionary - Perfect, thank you Review: It is massive - I dont normally write product reviews but I had to with this book. It is a massive dictionary and it looks stunning on my book shelf. It is worth every penny and it has so much kanji so if you are on a budget and you can only buy 1 kanji dictionary definitely pick this because you won't regret it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,009,917 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,646 in Foreign Dictionaries & Thesauruses | | Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 103 Reviews | ## Images ![The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bB7Od-GNL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Japanese Kanji dictionary *by B***A on September 14, 2025* Perfect, thank you ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It is massive *by E***E on March 24, 2021* I dont normally write product reviews but I had to with this book. It is a massive dictionary and it looks stunning on my book shelf. It is worth every penny and it has so much kanji so if you are on a budget and you can only buy 1 kanji dictionary definitely pick this because you won't regret it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You've got the "kanji bible" in your hands! *by J***S on December 28, 2013* This book is awesome, it's got all the kanji you need to read and write today's Japanese; it shows stroke order for every character from the Joyo list (2,136 updated) except for the name kanji wich have got no stroke order. If that isn't enough the entries have Chinese reading for simplified hanzi (useful for those of us who study Chinese too can compare both languages inmediately!) and you must remember Chinese created the characters and Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese just imported them, well if someday I met Jack Halpern I'd shake his hand for sure because he simplified everything to us. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/15440713-the-kodansha-kanji-dictionary](https://www.desertcart.be/products/15440713-the-kodansha-kanji-dictionary) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-28*