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"Learning Japanese Kanji helps students recognize and remember the meanings and pronunciations of 520 essential kanji. This otherwise daunting task is made easier by the use of techniques based on the psychology of learning and memory. Key principles include the use of visual imagery, the visualization of short ""stories,"" and a systematic building-block approach that shows how more complicated characters are constructed from more basic elements. A strategy for remembering the pronunciations of the characters is another way Learning Japanese Kanji differs from other kanji-learning guides. Although Learning Japanese Kanji is a book for serious learners of Japanese, it can be used by anyone with an interest in Japanese characters, without any prior knowledge of Japanese. It can also be used alongside (or after, or even before) a course in the Japanese language."