Intensive study of kanji characters to increase competence in reading and writing Japanese and in understanding authentic materials such as restaurant menus, text messages, hotel websites and others.  

Important Dates

• Day Class Begins: September 3

• Day Class Ends: December 19

• Last Day to Add : September 19

• Final Exam Dates: December 17-18

Prerequisite

Japanese 1/1B

Placement Test

Take a placement test to satisfy a prerequisite.  

Textbook

Practical Kanji: An Introductory Kanji Textbook for Japanese Language Lerners Vol. 1

by AJALT, ask Publishing, available at CCSF Bookstore

Student Learning Outcome

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

• Describe the meaning of 180 single characters belonging to the four types of kanji and apply that knowledge to the meaning of compound characters.

• Distinguish either on-yomi (Chinese origin reading) or kun-yomi (Japanese origin reading) based on the context and compounds.

• Identify the components of kanji: basc radicals (meaning elements of kanji) and phonetic elements of kanji.

• Compose paragraphs using kanji characters which follow stroke order rules.

Course Syllabus