Looking for a 6355 kanji dictionary.

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Can anyone name me a good dictionary, preferbly a furigana type, that covers (or at least almost covers) the JIS X 0208:1997 standard?

Better still if it includes stroke order, and when to use which variant of kanji in the appropriate context.

Thanks.
 
That is... a lot.. of kanji. Well... I dont know if it's what you're looking for but I LOVE my Kanji Dictionary. It's "Kanji and Kana, Revised Edition". It's published by the Tuttle Language Library and authored by Wolfgang Hadamitxky and Mark Spahn. It was revised in 1997 and printed in 2003, so I think it meets that standard. *typing out cover*
A Comprehensive Guide Featuring:
-The officially recognized 1,945 Jouyou Kanji with readings and meaning
-The officially recognized 284 Jinmei-you Kanji used in names with readings and examples
-Characters presented in brush, pen, and printed forms. Up to five useful compounds for each character
-Three indexes: by radical, stroke count, and readings

Those indexes don't include one with English readings so if you need to learn more about a specific kanji in a word that you don't quite know, you'll need a Japanese dictionary to go a long with it. I love this dictionary, I really do! It has numbers to show you stroke order and direction, which is really helpful. It's not 6,355 characters... but what it covers, it covers WELL. I've found it very useful since it covers most every commonly used character so I can translate most any raw literature I find. I hope this was of some use to you! Good luck on your massive Kanji dictionary hunt. In order to get that many, I fear you may have to buy a set with volumes!
 
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Are you looking for a book or electronic dictionary? I was asking about books in this thread, but no one has given any feedback yet.

By the way, do 漢和辞典 not give meanings for all characters? I know the one at infoseek doesn't, but I was wondering if that was the case for all of them.
 
個人意見ですが、(特に日本人じゃないなら!!)漢字が2000以上知っている人は勉強しスギ。知識は常用しかなくてもいいんじゃないですか?別に、漢検(漢験じゃなくて・・・)、どうして受けるつもりなんですか?
grrr...文字化け。 :(
 
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Be sure to use 全角文字 when you use anything other than kana/kanji. That includes numbers, parentheses, quotation marks, periods, etc. For more detailed information, see the link in my sig.
 
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