Questions tagged [jōyō-kanji]
常用漢字. A subset of (currently 2136) kanji approved by the Ministry of Education.
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Kanji with Widely Differing Jōyō and JLPT Levels
<Jisho.org> often lists kanji with widely divergent Jōyō and JLPT levels, e.g. 矢. Jisho lists this as 2nd grade Jōyō; Henshall’s Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters lists it for 6th grade— ...
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Importance of stroke order and writing kanji
This got me confused:
Various kanji learning sites on the Internet and even books on kanji stress the importance of stroke order while learning new kanji, saying it's highly essential to learn to ...
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Are there other examples of simplification like 稽→𥡴?
The adoption of almost 200 additional characters to the list of joyo kanji in 2010 introduced some discrepancies of simplifying certain radicals. According to an official supplement to the list(p.36-...
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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 ...
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恋 written as 恋ひ and 恋ふ?
A song in Final Fantasy 14 named Sunrise has a line listed as such, from an official source:
清らに優し 恋ひ恋ふ吾が君よ
⇒きよらにやさし こいこうあがきみよ
What are the purposes of the い(ひ) and う(ふ) being written outside of the ...
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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 ...
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How many Shinjitai and Kyūjitai characters are there?
Kanji
Jōyō
Jinmeiyō
Hyōgai
Shinjitai
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0
Kyūjitai
0
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Kokuji
9
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2136
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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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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）
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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What are the names for the sets of kanji taught in secondary schools?
I know that some kanji are educational and others are general use, with kyouiku (1006 characters) learned in grades 1-6 included in jouyou (2136 characters). What is the other set of kanji (1136 ...
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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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How many Joyo (and perhaps Jinmeiyo) Kanji have only one onyomi?
I feel this is really beneficial to have a list for in my studies. The reason is if I see an unknown word that I'm reasonably sure has onyomi readings, if the kanji in question have only one possible ...
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Foreign names in Kanji. On'yomi, Kun'yomi or a mix of readings?
It is known that Japanese names often have multiple readings depending on what reading (on'yomi, kun'yomi, nanori ...) is applied to each kanji.
But my question is about foreign names written in ...
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Furigana: Usage and application
I've been learning Japanese with Memrise's program (for about 6+ months at 2 hours a week on average) and have managed to learn all the hiragana characters. They don't teach katakana (I guess they ...
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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 ...
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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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Is this a joyo kanji? What does it mean?
I'm taking a look by recommendation to the "remembering the kanji" book. In it appears the kanji below. I look for it in a list of joyo kanji and it doesnt appear, at least not when I look for it by ...
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Is 戈 a joyo kanji? What does it mean?
I'm taking a look by recommendation to the "remembering the kanji" book. In it appears the kanji below. I look for it in a list of joyo kanji and it doesnt appear, at least not when I look for it by ...
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Does this kanji for "village" have 2 different meanings?
In a jōyō kanji list I read, there are 2 kanji for village. One of them 里 is just mentioned in the jōyō kanji list to mean "village", it is mentioned in another book to mean a measure of distances ...
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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 ...
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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-...
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can the same compound have different readings when having the same meaning?
I know that kanjis can have many readings. But I thought compounds (combinations) had only one meaning. For what I've read in the board, a compound can have different readings for different meanings. ...
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Can I use a Chinese newspaper to learn kanji radicals and maybe some kanji?
Upon looking for ways on how to start learning kanji, I have found that many people recommend learning the radicals first.
After exposing myself to the radicals, I plan on practicing by spotting them ...
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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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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} ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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