Abstract
For Chinese-speaking Japanese learners, understanding Chinese can help in learning Japanese kanji, but it can also become a learning impediment sometimes. The reason lies in Japanese-Chinese homographs. The purpose of this study is to explore various teaching methods of homograph in both languages and its related topics when teaching Japanese beginners. The results of this study showed that: (1) Although they know homographs shared in both languages, they would like to know the specific content; (2) It is necessary to study Japanese-Chinese homographs systematically; (3) If the information of a Japanese-Chinese homograph is side noted to a new Japanese vocabulary, it will help learning.
