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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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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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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 this Wikipedia article they suggest that hyōgai does…
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