Quote:The dictionary is really nice. Fairly big characters, clear stroke diagrams, lots of examples, beautiful printing. On the down side, it's a learners dictionary, so it only has a little over 2000 characters. Hey, do you know of a good kanji dictionary with a lot more characters, that shows stroke diagrams?... and if you really want to customize your keywords, then the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary gives you a principal meaning (or two sometimes) for each kanji, which is based on modern usage.
The example compounds in each entry plus the keyword meaning really help understand the 'flavor' of Heisig's english keyword.
I found KKLD very helpful along RTK 1, if I started learning kanji with RTK, that's the only other book I would get until finishing RTK 1, to clear up any doubts about keyword concepts and stroke orders. Before I bought KKLD, until about halfway through RTK I used to look up kanji compounds in JWPce to get the proper concept for Heisig's keywords. But KKLD save me lots of time and shows only the relevant compounds (no rare or obsolete ones that appear in the JDIC).
Here you can find a sample page in PDF format :
http://www.kanji.org/dictionaries/learners/learners.htm