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A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja (A Mini Dictionary of Characters for Modern Readers) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bruce K. Grant
Publisher: Hollym International Corp.
Category: Book
List Price: $29.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 502012
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 367
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0930878132
Dewey Decimal Number: 495
EAN: 9780930878139
ASIN: 0930878132
Publication Date: February 1, 2000
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Product Description
For the first time in English, a practical 367 page handbook with all you need to read and write the written language of 60,000,000 Korean people including hangul, the Korean alphabet, and 1,800 Chinese characters taught in Korean schools.
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 Great reference July 5, 2008
I bought this book over 25 years ago and a great book to understand chinese characters through korean.
 For hanja learners only April 10, 2008
This is like a hanja dictionary. If you want to learn hangul, don't buy this.
Note: Hanja is like chinese characters, But the koreans borrow them. Also called Sino-Korean Charachters
Very Straight foreward January 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very straight foreward and organized. however, learn hangeul (the Corean alphabet) from another book because this book does not explain it well enough to actually understand it well. This book is really for Corea's hanja () writing. It is great for learning hanja, but not Hangeul.
Excellent Hanja Reference July 29, 2001
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book was given to me while I was studying Korean at the Defense Language Institute. The format of the book is pretty straight forward: count the number of strokes in the character and start searching. Although its obvious that "hanja" plays a diminishing role in "survival korean", it can provide useful insight into meanings of more complex words. Be sure you've learned "hangul" before you consider adding this book to your library. With a bit of study, you'll find that you'll be able to learn more "hanja" than the average Korean knows. I know I have.
Two Languages in One July 18, 2001
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Along with my Korean-English dictionaries, grammar guides, and textbooks, GUIDE TO KOREAN CHARACTERS: READING AND WRITING HANGUL AND HANJA, is my ticket to the cosmopolitan side of Korean life. The Korean language uses two alphabets, hangul and hanja. Hangul was invented by a group of Confucian scholars commissioned by King Sejong in the 15th Century. However, even today, most of the Korean found in newspapers, books, and on television is of Chinese origin. Like the Japanese, Koreans use Chinese characters, but pronounce them differently. Hanja, or Chinese characters, are required for most adult discourse and counting.The book starts with simple characters, or "radicals", progressing to complicated ones. Students can follow the graphs and learn to write the characters. Each character is also translated into English and Korean. Hangul is provided in the jacket of the book, but this is not a Hangul textbook. A further index also organizes the characters for quick reference. Because the Korean educational system authorizes and halts Hanja education seemingly every decade, learning Hanja gives the non-Korean student an advantage over Korean students. Sino-Korean words are also easier to remember, because they are shorter. Learning Hanja opens up a whole different world to the non-Korean student.
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