2001 Kanji Odyssey: Essential Japanese Kanji 1110, Level 1
Paperback – 1 Jan. 2010

by Yasushi Yoshimura (Author)

 

This is the printed version of Level 1 of CosCom's 2001 Kanji Oddysey series, containing 555 kanji with example sentences. Levels 1 and 2 combined cover 1,110 characters. General Japanese documents consist of about 2,000 characters based on Joyo Kanji, of which 1,000 characters are frequently used. CosCom carefully selected 2,301 characters including 2,136 Joyo Kanjis and 164 Non-Joyo Kanjis, and 1 symbol. We categorized those 2,301 characters into 4 levels based on how often they are used. Level 1 (This book) 555 characters Very frequently used Level 2 555 characters (1110 in total) Frequently used Level 3 891 characters (2001 in total) Less frequently used compared to the above 2 levels. Level 4 300 characters (2301 in total) Joyo Kanjis used in names, or hardly used; Non-Joyo Kanjis which are commonly used According to our research 60% - 70% of Kanji that appear in newspaper and magazine articles or general business documents are covered by Level 1 Kanji. With 555 characters of Level 2 added, they cover over 90% of Kanji that appear in general documents overall. Learning those 1,110 characters with priority is the most efficient way of Kanji learning.