Japanese Kanji Flashcards: 300 Beginner-Level Kanji Cards (Japanese and English Edition)

It's been a month since I bought these so I'd figure I'd edit my review to say that these cards help me greatly in remembering the kanji. I've successfully remembered all the kanji from this volume and can recall them pretty easily. I can honestly say these flashcards were a major part in that. Definitely buying the next two volumes. Features of the cards: - Size of the cards is just right, slightly bigger then an average credit card. - Easy on the eyes, not busy looking at all. - Features both on and kun readings, and the most common meaning in English on the back. - Gives similar Kanji on the front with their definitions. - Gives similar words on the back, great for vocabulary building. - Gives stroke order, very important. - Gives common ways the Kanji is used. - Study cards. They can be somewhat slippery but they're easy to use. Other then the cards themselves, there are unexpected extras. - This is kinda expected but it gives a slip with details of the cards and how to read them, it's simple, trust me. - Paper with index of all the Kanji included including stroke order index and yomi index. - Additional cards, one of them has both hiragana and katakana which is great for reference if you're still rusty. Other then that, it's packaged excellently and rubberbands are provided. :) I'd definitely recommend this for anyone that's serious about learning Japanese. Even if you're somewhat familiar with Kanji, this set is good for the extras especially if you want to expand your vocabulary.

Now there we go... I'm learning some basic Kanji for an upcoming trip, and I was looking for some flashcards - these are beautiful cards, laminated with stroke order, useful phrases, and with the Kon and On pronunciations. Note that these cards do not have romanji - that is the romanized version of the pronunciation - thank goodness they don't waist any space with it... I've started learning japanese on my own about three weeks ago, by now I got my kana down, if you're ready to take on Kanji, you should be comfortable reading your kana - by the way, there was a cute laminated card with the Katakana and Hiragana on each side - quite nice actually. but good call on omiting the romanji. I started out with version 1 (beginner) with 300 basic Kanji I have my work cut-out... but when I'm done, I'm definitely buying the intermediate version. to wrap up, beautiful, professional, comprehensive and useful!!!

These cards are extremely well designed. The operative kanji is located in the upper left in a huge font face. The stroke order is listed in a series of step-by-step pictures below the kanji. Perhaps most helpfully, various uses of the kanji are located to the right of the operative kanji, which makes practicing the various readings quite easy. Just as importantly, these cards are built to last. They are the equivalent of high quality, laminated playing cards: thick, wear-and-tear resistant, and they shuffle easily. The only flaw I can even imagine with these cards is that the stroke order doesn't indicate the point of origin (that is, you can see each step-by-step stroke, but it doesn't indicate if you start on, say, the left hand side and move to the right or vice versa). I had reason to contact the company about some replacement cards, and they responded quickly, helpfully, and without reservation. A company that actually stands by its products? What a relief! I already ordered the next box of kanji, and I fully expect to eventually graduate to the massive JLPT level 1 kanji set offered by White Rabbit. Simply put, it's a great product without any significant flaws.

Okay so I haven't actually started using these cards to study Kanji with just yet (my plans are to begin in 2011) but I am most impressed with how well they appear to be made and how well (at least in my opinion) they seemed to be laid out. I had another set of Kanji cards awhile back but when I got this set I could tell right away they were going to be much easier for me to use so I actually gave my other set away. This is not a knock on the product at all, but I just wish they'd make a companion set of cards featuring the Kanji compounds they have listed on each card as an additional study aid - as it is I'll probably make my own but that's just a personal preference of mine. All in all I think this will be a pretty good learning tool for those who have a basic grasp of Japanese.

First of the, so far, three volumes of Kanji Flashcards from White Rabbit gives you 300 kanjis to learn. The card quality is great, clear plastic finish and good quality overall. Each flashcard contains on the front: - the kanji itself - 6 common compound words containing the kanji (the author makes a nice effort in trying to give you compound words that make use of the different kanji readings) - Kanjis commonly mistaken with the one in the card - Correct stroke order - Kanji's stroke count - Radical - Radical's stroke count On the back: - On / Kun-yomi (in katakana / hiragana respectively) - Kanji meaning - Kanji components meaning - Readings and meaning of the examples given in the front Really the best kanji flashcards I've seen so far. Contains not just the vital information but also the most useful in my opinion. Try them if you are into flashcards, you won't regret it.

I first purchased White Rabbit's Kana flashcard set, and I was finally able to learn katakana using the cards for two days after a couple of months of frustration trying to learn them on my own. Based on that, I decided to give the Kanji cards a try. The size of the cards is almost ideal in terms of portability. They are large enough to clearly see the kanji and the stroke diagrams, yet small enough to tuck into a pocket. If you have trouble reading smaller print, the kanji combinations on each card might be difficult to read. The drawback to the card size is that handling more than 50 cards becomes unwieldy, especially since the slick card surface can lead to sudden spills if you try to handle a deck larger than fifty. If you are using a Spaced Repetition System (highly recommended), that means that you will be constantly reorganizing your decks to cover the 300 cards which come in this first set. This can become tedious, especially if you get the next set with 750 additional cards. Still, the size plus the amount of information on each card are the main reasons why this product is a solid purchase. I took off one star for the lack of any explanation on why the particular kanji were chosen for this set. Knowing the reasoning behind the choices, for me at least, helps a user decide the best way to utilize the cards for study. I am also using Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji 2" for study. In the introduction, he explicitly states why the kanji were selected and ordered in the way that they were, and throughout the book, further explanations and hints reinforce the logic behind his system. A similar explanation would have been a plus for White Rabbit's kanji cards. As a side note, I have tried using the Kanji cards in tandem with Heisig's book, but since there is no correlation between the two ordering systems, it has not proven very profitable yet. I didn't lower my rating for the cards because of this; it's just that I have found that I can't coordinate the advantage of the kanji combinations on the White Rabbit cards (which is one of the strong points of the card set) with the mnemonic system used by Heisig. I am still experimenting though, and I haven't forsaken one for the other; I believe that I will use the book and the cards extensively when I get farther along in my study of kanji. Overall, the Kanji Flashcards Series 2 is a smart buy for anyone wanting to seriously learn the general use kanji. They are full of information which is well presented, and the cards are handy and as sturdy as a good set of playing cards. Worthwhile to try for the price.

It was a great decision to buy these flashcards. The number 1 thing is that the flashcards are in hiragana and a bit of katakana. So, yes that means no romanji (which is really great for helping you learn the language.) The cards have stroke order, similar kanjis, pronunciation for both readings, radicals, stroke structure and so much more. THIS IS WORTH INVESTING IN IF YOU WANT TO LEARN JAPANESE. Not to mention there are 2 booster packs to the already 300. There is also a kana cheat sheet included which is great for that unknown kana. So... don't wait and just buy the flashcards. Trust me you won't regret it.

These flash cards are absolutely AMAZING they have everything you could ever need on them! They are made of high quality material so they glide nice and don't stick together when studying! They include similar kanji on them so you don't confuse the two which has helped me so much! I honestly couldn't say anything bad about them. They were so thoughtfuly designed to make your life easier. I initially thought to myself "...this is a bit much for flashcards, I should just make them myself, mine would accomplish the same task anyway", BUT since receiving them I have been happy with every penny spent on them. You cant make your own flashcards this good (without many hours wasted) they are absolutely wonderful. They are perfect for anyone and everyone learning japanese! I highly recommend them!

Bitte beachten Sie, dass das komplette Kartenset auf Englisch ist!! Es gibt kein deutsches Äquivalent hierzu (soweit ich weiß). Mit den Karten lässt sich wirklich wunderbar lernen! Es sind zwar "nur" 300 Karten enthalten, aber auf den Karten selbst gibt es nochmals zusätzliches Vokabular; nämlich weitere Worte, die mit dem Kanji gebildet werden können. Auf der Rückseite hierzu findet man die Aussprache!! Zudem ist die Strichreihenfolge angegeben, was wirklich großartig ist, denn das erleichtert das Lernen der einzelnen Zeichen nochmal um eine Etappe; lediglich die Strichrichtung ist nicht angegeben, aber die lässt sich auch sehr leicht selber nachschlagen oder anpassen. Die Aussprachemöglichkeiten des Zeichens sind (zum Glück!!) alle aufgeführt und nicht, wie man das häufig sieht, nur die häufigsten. Sortiert sind die Aussprachemöglichkeiten nach dem Vorkommen. Da es im Japanischen stets mehrere Möglichkeiten gibt, ein Zeichen nachzuschlagen, kann man als weiteren Pluspunkt für die Karten verbuchen, dass sie kleine Zahlen unter den Zeichen besitzen, von denen die 1. die Strichanzahl des kompletten Zeichens angibt, die 2. die Anzahl des Radikals und die 3. des nicht-Radikals angibt. Auf der Rückseite befindet sich zudem eine kleine Grafik, die das jeweilige Kanji auf die Elementeigenschaften herunterbricht (d.h. ist ein umschließendes Zeichen dabei? Eines im Zentrum gelegenes? Ist es links und rechts aufgeteilt? etc.); dies hilft vor allem beim Erinnern des Aufbaus. Ein wichtiges Merkmal dieser Karten ist zudem die Aufführung und Bedeutung sehr ähnlicher Zeichen rechts auf der Karte, sodass man einen direkten Vergleich hat und beim Lernen aufpassen kann. Die dort enthaltenen Zahlen verweisen dann auf die jeweilige Karte aus der Kanji-Flashcard-Reihe. Einziges "Manko", sofern es denn wirklich eines ist: Sie können durchaus auch auf Karten verweisen, die in einem späteren Set erst enthalten sind, sodass man sie erst "besitzt", wenn man sich eines der folgenden Sets kauft. Im Fazit lässt sich sagen, dass trotz der Fülle an Informationen die Karten dennoch sehr übersichtlich und mit Kopf gestaltet wurden, zudem besitzen sie ein angenehmes Format. Leider sind die Karten hochglänzend, wodurch sich Fingerabdrücke schnell sehen lassen, aber das würde sich auch normalen Vokabelkarten wohl auch zeigen, daher verbuche ich es nicht als Nachteil. Wer eine robustere Verpackung wünscht, sollte nach den Karten aus der ersten Serie Ausschau halten; dort sind die Karten hochkant enthalten, sodass sich mit Platzhaltern die Karten trennen und der Karton als Vokabelkasten verwenden lässt; ebenfalls fühlen sich dort die Karten ein klein wenig angenehmer an. Summa summarum sind diese Karten eine wirklich lohnende Anschaffung!

Consiglio molto queste flashcards come accompagnamento durante lo studio dei Kanji. Gli esempi di utilizzo su parole comuni sono utilissime per capire le varie pronunce.

Las cartas están muy bien acabadas, y parecen resistentes. En mi opinión, son el método más útil para estudiar y memorizar los On-yomis y kun-yomis de los Kanji, ya que permiten barajarlas y estudiarlas de manera aleatoria. Para asegurarme de que resisten bien, yo las he protegido con fundas de cartas Magic, y encajan perfectamente. Por otro lado, la información que proporcionan de cada kanji es muy completa y útil. Una cosa que he de indicar es que, dado que yo estoy estudiandojaponés en una clase, algunos de los 80 kanji que mi profesor incluyó en el primer curso no estaban en este paquete (creo recordar que fueron 3 o 4), por lo que finalmente adquirí el segundo box, en el que si estaban los cuatro que me faltaban, ya con vistas de futuro. En resumen, si estas estudiando japonés, son 100% recomendables.

Just opened a beautiful product! See picture with a pencil for a scale.

You want to learn japanese? It is a MUST BUY to learn your kanjis! It also contains 6 vocabulary exemples for each card. And most of all NO ROMAJIS!!!!!! Romajis are bad.