by michael Rowley. This is a very useful book for understanding and learning kanji. There are different approaches to learn Kanji. One would be to repeatedly write them until you keep them in mind. This is an uneffective way though. A second way would be to understand, of which parts they are composed. These parts are easier to learn. To keep the whole kanji in mind, you just learn of which parts it consists, and maybe with some twists, or a story, you keep the parts in mind. E. G. the verb sagasu, to search. It consists of a hand, a hole and a tree. So you search with your hand in a hole behind a tree. Imagine the picture. You only have to connect that picture with the verb sagasu and you can write the kanji.
For every kanji in this book (over thousand), the parts are explained and linked to the originals. For me, that is the most important thing in this book. Also an explanation or a story to keep the kanja better in mind is given. Hiragana and Katakana too (and it really makes it easier for at least some of them to remember). German amazon link.

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