Questions tagged [jōyō-kanji]
常用漢字. A subset of (currently 2136) kanji approved by the Ministry of Education.
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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 ...
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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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澤 vs 沢... is the former still in use?
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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Why is りんご written in hiragana?
I recently bought some apples and the term was written in hiragana.
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How many Shinjitai and Kyūjitai characters are there?
Kanji
Jōyō
Jinmeiyō
Hyōgai
Shinjitai
2127
?
0
Kyūjitai
0
?
?
Kokuji
9
16
0
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2136
863
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I wonder if the above table is the exact concept of the use of Kanji in Japanese language. Can you help ...
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Are Jinmeiyō kanji part of the Hyōgai kanji?
This question arised as part of the discussion here.
At first (see entry 1. here) I thought that 表外{ひょうがい} (hyōgai) was a label for any kanji that is outside the 常用{じょうよう} (jōyō) list. However, in ...