This is the best and fastest way to find a kanji. Flipping through, as others have said, is fastThen find the pronunciation. Get the Halpern and go to the On-Kun Index, page 929.Find the kanji there. Use Nelson for further research. That's it. No muss, no fuss.There's no need to use the "SKIP" system which can often be time consuming counting strokes and shapes. (For example I spent 10-15 minutes trying to figure out JH's #2211 "COME" -- which radical if any, a horizontal line, a vertical line, the star object "Rice" radical 119, tree, or what -- the whole thing finally spotted on page 856. I was bushed and miffed.