Kanji Resources
Resources by Eve Kushner
Joy o’ Kanji: Eve’s lifelong project, featuring essays and photos to help you learn all the Joyo kanji
Glossary of kanji terms on Joy o’ Kanji
Crazy for Kanji: A Student’s Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters: a comprehensive book that demystifies kanji while making you fall in love with the characters
“The Way of Kanji”: Eve’s essay in the April 2007 East Bay Monthly about kanji as her path to serenity
Blogs About Kanji, Hanzi, and Japanese
Hanzi Smatter: Blog about the misuse of Chinese characters in Western culture
No-Sword: Blog about Japanese language and culture
Japundit: Blog about Japanese language and culture
Tools for Learning Kanji
Kanji Clinic: Japan Times column about kanji, as well as links to many more kanji resources
KanjiLab: Kanji flashcard program with score tracking, sample compounds tied to the readings, and example sentences
The Kanji Site: Guide to the kanji required for each level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Kanji Cafe: Kanji-learning tool
Dartmouth College site: Site including a brushstroke image, a video clip demonstrating stroke order, sample sentences with audio clips for on and kun readings, print variations and the English translation of 300 characters
Kanji-a-Day: Features to help those studying for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Sites Featuring Calligraphy and Calligraphy Supplies
InCharacter: products featuring Chinese characters
Soniei: beautiful art
Tools for Learning Japanese
Jim Breen’s site: Translation site and dictionary
Rikai: Translation site, as well as links to many more related resources
JapanesePod101.com: Podcasts and written explanations
Japanese.About.com: Useful phrases and instruction in kanji and hiragana
JapaneseLearning.com: On the language and culture
Yookoso!: On grammar and kanji