Japanese Kanji Flashcards: 300 Beginner-Level Kanji Cards (Japanese and English Edition) Cards – February 1, 2010

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.

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 countOn the back:- On / Kun-yomi (in katakana / hiragana respectively)- Kanji meaning- Kanji components meaning- Readings and meaning of the examples given in the frontReally 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.

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!!!