Kanji

The students had found the links that used to be here; this list was the product of a class search for related sites. Many of those resources are now unavailable and have been removed. A few new ones were added. (If you're looking for books on Kanji, including how to write your name in Kanji, see the books about Kanji page.)

What are Kanji?

(This appears on Schauweker's Guide to Japan: japan-guide.com)

Joyo (the required minimum kanji)

Be sure to check out the page of the earliest-learned kanji, with links to how to write it, as well as examples of pictographs which show the pictures of objects believed to be the origin of some of the kanji characters.