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Crazy for Kanji: A Student's Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters

Oct.27.2009

Join Eve for a fun hour of kanji exploration, perfect for both beginners and kanji experts. The event includes a reading and slideshow about the joy of getting lost in the infinitude of the kanji world. The deeper you go, the more there is to learn!

Eve's Latest Blogs

May.18.2012 - 11:11 am
Last week someone wrote to me and mentioned chai, by which she meant "living" in Hebrew. I grew up in a Jewish environment, and chai may have meant that...
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May.11.2012 - 1:32 pm
Traveling through Norway in 2008, I absorbed just a few Norwegian terms from menus. When I encountered this ad on the side of a building in Oslo, I felt excited to be able to...
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May.04.2012 - 1:16 pm
A quiz of sorts: do you have any idea what the following word might mean? 孵化  Look carefully at the components of 孵! I'll reveal the answer at the end. There are a zillion...
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Apr.30.2012 - 2:49 pm
The April Joy o' Kanji newsletter is now out! It features a new contest, provides answers to the last contest (and a list of winners), describes new features (e.g., the avatar...
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Comments from Eve

Feb.10.2012 - 2:08 pm
In response to: Songs of Innocence and Experience
I can't seem to figure out the formatting on Red Room. To see this post with proper formatting, go to http://www....
Jan.06.2012 - 4:12 pm
In response to: Dragons Abound!
To delve more deeply into the ever-entertaining world of Japanese characters, please visit www.joyokanji.com!
May.29.2011 - 2:25 pm
In response to: Lots of press for Quilts4Japan
Bread for the Journey gave us a generous “nano-grant” a few weeks ago and then provided some space for the Quilts4Japan...
May.19.2011 - 3:36 pm
In response to: Lots of press for Quilts4Japan
Leah Garchik mentioned us in her "San Francisco Chronicle" column today: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c...
Apr.25.2011 - 11:44 pm
In response to: "Saturday Night at the Movies": Abortion in "Cider House Rules" and "Citizen Ruth"
Seems like maybe the video link isn't working. This should work: http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid%...

Published Reviews

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Oct.30.2009
Published by The Asian Review of Books
Eve Kushner, a self-described kanji fanatic, presents excellent learning strategies in her guide.... It helps to be as crazy about kanji as she is; even one of her dogs is named...