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Questions tagged [jōyō-kanji]

常用漢字. A subset of (currently 2136) kanji approved by the Ministry of Education.

The jōyō kanji consist of a list of characters recommended for use in newspaper etc., as well as a list of approved readings for each character. It received an update in 2010, which removed 5 and added 196 kanji to the list, as well as changing some of the approved readings. Currently, the list contains 2,136 characters.

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Legal characters for first names include: hiragana, katakana, jinmeiyo and joyo kanji. What about latin letters?

Is it legal for parents to give to their child a first name with latin letters (romaji, I guess), instead of using katakana, hiragana, or kanji? For example, if Japanese parents want to give their children the English name John, can they avoid using…
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Similarity between 挟む and 狭む

today I came across a certain sentence and I was confused by one word in it: 親指の腹で石を支えながら、人差し指と中指の間に挟む。 When I read this, I mistook 挟む for 狭｛せば｝む, and apparently, 狭｛せば｝む is barely used outside literature. When I type せばむ on my computer, it won't…
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Should I use On reading or Kun reading for numbers?

I've just started to learn Japanese, and I've been looking at the jōyō kanji. Most of the words have on reading and kun reading. I was wondering, which one is most popular and when should I use one over the other?
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The thing in the left of 印

Kanji are made of radicals, right? But that "E" looking thing in the left of 印 doesn't seem to be a radical, for I looked at many radical databases and didn't find anything like that. Is that a radical? If so, could you give me another example of a…
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Which readings were changed in the 2010 Jouyou kanji reform?

I'm looking for pointers on which readings (on/kun) were changed in the 2010 reform. By that I mean which kanji has additional readings and which kanji has had one or more readings removed? Is there a document that summarizes these changes?
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How is writing with 旧字体 over 新字体, using lots of 表外漢字 and using 漢字 in place of かな in a word that is almost always written with かな perceived?

Examples: A: 毎日、学校で桜の木を見る。（新字体） B: 毎日、學校で櫻の木を見る。（旧字体） A: この国の歴史を研究しています。（新字体） B: この國の歷史を硏究しています。（旧字体） A: 私はワニがすきです。（カタカナ） B: 私は鰐が好きです。（表外漢字） A: 私の好きな魚はハタハタとスズキです。（カタカナ） B: 私の好きな魚は鰰と鱸です。（表外漢字） A: このページを見てください。（一つの漢字） B:…
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Why is 噌 a Jinmeiyō kanji despite being used in 味噌?

Jisho.org lists 噌 as a Jinmeiyō kanji. By my understanding this means that the Kanji is permitted to be used for names, but is not considered commonly used for normal words. But the word 味噌 (Miso) is still written with it all over the place. For…
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even on 常用漢字表{じょうようかんじひょう}, no kanji have an official 送{おく}り仮名{がな}?

Recently, I was talking with a friend regarding the 常用漢字表 as specified here I noticed that the 送り仮名 property of kanjis is not specified. She was a little puzzled, but concluded that the 文部省{もんぶしょう} does not standardize 送り仮名。Is this true? This might…
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How come some jōyō kanji for everyday concepts are very new additions?

I'm trying to understand the implications of the jōyō list. From the wikipedia page, I understand that it's an "official" list in the sense that it is: maintained by the Ministry of Education an exclusive list of kanji available for official…
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What's the difference between 鍵 and 鑰?

What is the difference between 鍵 and 鑰? I was about to learn the kanji for 'key' and I came across this problem. When I checked it in the dictionary it shows that both of them are read as kagi and both mean key/lock. So I'm asking you for…
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What constitutes as Kyūjitai Kanji?

The English Wikipedia page for Kyūjitai kanji begins with the following line: Kyūjitai (舊字體/旧字体, literally "old character forms") are the traditional forms of kanji, Chinese written characters used in Japanese. Their simplified counterparts are…
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希硫酸, 稀硫酸? What’s the difference?

希硫酸, 稀硫酸. My dictionary says they are both “dilute sulfuric acid”. What is the difference in usage here? Is there just one optional radical? English has “sulfuric” and “sulphuric”, and that’s an American/Commonwealth regional difference.
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aru Kanji confusion

In the sentence: 今日は宿題があります。 would I use 在る or 有る? (I know that today it's almost always written in Kana) Thanks in advance :)!
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Is 吾 a joyo kanji?

I was trying to learn the joyo kanji, which if I understand correctly is a list of kanji listed in a guide by the Japanese ministry of education or something like that. By recommendation, I'm taking a look at the "learning the kanji" book, which…
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What Unicode code points are needed to write Japanese Jōyō-Kanji?

Sorry if this isn't exactly the most 'language' related question, but what ranges of Unicode code points are needed to write Japanese? I've got the Hiragana, Katakana, punctuation, etc; but the jōyō-Kanji are mixed in with the other Chinese…
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