Jack Halpern (linguist)

Jack Halpern
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Germany
Occupation(s)Lexicographer, linguist
Notable work
SpouseMichal Halpern
Children2

Jack Halpern (春遍雀來, ハルペン・ジャック, جاك هلبرن) is a Japan-based lexicographer specializing in Chinese characters, namely kanji. He is best known as editor-in-chief of the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary[1] and as the inventor of the SKIP system for kanji lookup. Halpern is also an active unicyclist, having served as founder and president of the International Unicycling Federation. He currently resides in Saitama, Japan.[2]

  1. ^ Halpern, Jack, ed. (2002). Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary (New ed.). New York, NY: Kodansha America. ISBN 4-7700-2855-5.
  2. ^ "Introducing Jack Halpern". Kanji.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.