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I've asked about 澤 before here on Stack Exchange, but have a follow up question: Is 沢 the modern replacement for 澤? Is 澤 deprecated by the Ministry that decides such matters?

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  1. Yes, 沢 is the modern replacement (aka 新字体【しんじたい】) form of 澤.

  2. The Ministry of Education (文部科学省【もんぶかがくしょう】) is the body that officially determines which characters are and aren't official.

  3. 澤 is still used in names, as all 旧字体【きゅうじたい】 (pre-reform) forms of current official characters (常用漢字【じょうようかんじ】) are valid for use in names (人名用漢字【じんめいようかんじ】).

  4. This site has a chart showing all of the reformed characters, with the new (新字体) forms on top and old (旧字体) forms on bottom in each row.

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    An example of a name that uses 澤: [花澤【はなざわ】香菜【かな】](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8A%B1%E6%BE%A4%E9%A6%99%E8%8F%9C). – senshin Jun 25 '14 at 03:51
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    "文部省" was reorganized and now it's [文部科学省](http://www.mext.go.jp/) – naruto Jun 25 '14 at 05:23
  • I work with a 澤村{さわむら} – ssb Jun 25 '14 at 07:09