Jack Halpern (linguist)

Jack Halpern
Jack Halpern
Born	1946 (age 77–78); Germany
Occupation(s)	Lexicographer, linguist
Notable work	The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary; The New Japanese–English Character Dictionary;
Spouse	Michal Halpern
Children	2

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 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.

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