Radical assistance dude!

[Emoni]

(Yes, I'm aware the sad attempt to be "funny" in the topic is nausiating.)

Anyway, right now I'm just getting to the point where I am starting to seriously study Kanji. I know only about 100 or so now, but the number increases every week, so does the Kanji complexity and likelyhood of confusing some kanji!

What I am looking for is a resource for information on the radicals that Kanji are built off of to help build a stronger foundation of what each group of strokes represents. While I'm already aware that this isn't going to explain every kanji, the more I know about the building blocks in a kanji I learn, it seems to help stick better in my mind. I already know a few meanings of the radicals from a couple dictionaries, and it has helped a good deal.

Does anyone know of books, websites and the like that give a rundown of radicals and data on each? It would be greatly appreciated. I have run a few searches but haven't found anything too great yet, and I have always found the best sites through references by others.

Thanks very much

 

[Glenn]

James W. Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" series is good for what you want. Should be able to find it easily on amazon.com.

 

[TwistedMac]

amazon has a great "pay now, never ever ever get your stuff"-feature i spent 90 bucks on a programming book on..

to this day the promise has been held that was made to me 2 years ago.. i never ever got the book.

 

[Fantt]

Hmmmm... I've never had a problem with Amazon, but YMMV...

 

[Glenn]

Yeah, neither have I. I think it's interesting, though, that the fastest I ever got a package was when I bought one used. That guy was amazingly fast! I was shocked to see that I had already gotten it!

 

[Fantt]

Yeah - I've had that experience with used stuff as well. I love the internet.

 

[God]

Amazon sucked two years ago mac. And perhaps the language is obsolete. heh.