"The Learner's Kanji Dictionary is a concise edition of Spahn and Hadamitzky's widely-praised "The Kanji Dictionary. Its easy-to-use format makes it the ideal reference for the student of Japanese. Every kanji entry appears in an extra-large form, with its strokes labeled in order. In all, this dictionary lists the most important 2,882 characters and 12,073 multi-character compounds, including all Joyo Kanji authorized for general use plus all Jinmei-yo Kanji decreed for use in given names. Each compound is listed under each of its characters, making it possible to look up a compound under whichever of its characters is easiest to find. Based on the acclaimed "The Kanji Dictionary, The Learner's Kanji Dictionary is a portable dictionary created specially for students of the Japanese language. This new compact paperback edition provides the same radical system and multi-compound reference system as found in "The Kanji Dictionary. An added feature is an index by stroke count, important for all beginners. With,the alphabetically arranged index of kanji readings at the back of die dictionary, the user can look up a character via any of its known readings, without having to determine radicals or count strokes, making "The Learner's Kanji Dictionary an invaluable tool for the study of the Japanese language.

Mark Spahn and Wolfgang Hadamitzky are the authors of numerous language learning and reference books, including A Guide to Writing Kanji & Kana (Book I and II), Kanji & Kana: A Handbook of the Japanese Writing System, and The Kanji Dictionary, all of which are available from the Tuttle Language Library.