Haig, John H. : University of Hawaii at Manoa

John H. Haig is a professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The Compact Nelson is an abridged edition of Tuttle's New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, with 3,068 characters and the Universal Radical Index (URI). Its paperback format and trim size make it a portable, practical companion for students and travelers. And like the New Nelson, The Compact Nelson allows users to look up any main-entry character from any of its radicals, eliminating the struggle to determine the primary radical. The Compact Nelson's unique URI also contains more than 10,000 entries, making it the most thorough and reliable index available. Finally, each main entry contains the character's cross-reference number in the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) code and Morohashi's Dai Kanwa Jiten.