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Explanation of the Database for the 1,945 Basic Japanese Kanji 
(J-1945D)


TAMAOKA, Katsuo (Hiroshima University, Japan)
KIRSNER, Kim (University of Western Australia, Australia)
YANASE, Yushi (Ehime University, Japan)
MIYAOKA, Yayoi (Hiroshima University, Japan)
KAWAKAMI, Masahiro (Nagoya University, Japan)

Produced on May 1, 2000





Address for correspondence:
Katsuo Tamaoka, Institute for International Education, Hiroshima University, 1-2, 1-chome, 
Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan 739-8523
Tel: 0824-24-6288 (Office)
e-mail: ktamaoka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp


Japanese kanji provides a stimulus-rich environment for research focusing 
on the perceptual and cognitive processes required for reading, memory and 
language acquisition in general.
There are several potentially important differences between the Japanese 
writing system and other writing systems. The first is that there are three 
different Japanese scripts: kanji, hiragana and katakana. Kanji de . . .