Kanji ABC: A Systematic Approach to Japanese Characters »

Kay Morrisey Thompson studied at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston and the Art Students' League in New York. Her professional experience includes work with Glamour and Woman's Day as assistant art director and freelance artwork for Good Housekeeping, McCall's, and The New York Times Magazine. She accompanied her husband, an officer in the United States Coast Guard, on a three-year assignment to Japan, where she began her study with Ukai Uchiyama.

This book's unique learning strategy builds on the following components: -Kanji broken into graphical elements called graphemes-Graphemes systematically combined into kanji-Readings, stroke orders, and meanings of kanji presented in a user- friendly format