The Japanese language uses some 5,000 kanji, characters from Chinese, with the exception of a small number  made by Japanese themselves. Reading the press requires knowledge of 1,945 of them. The young Japanese master them in stages over their nine school years. By comparison, the required effort to memorize kanji is much more intense for adults who just start learning Japanese. Therefore, this guide has been designed to help them with the memorizing processus. Two indexes, organized by number of lines and by readings, make easier the reading of the book.