The jōyō kanji (常用漢字?, literally "regular-use Chinese characters") is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II.
The 2,136 kanji in the jōyō kanji consist of:
· 1,006 kanji taught in primary school (these are known as the kyōiku kanji)
· 1,130 more kanji taught in secondary school
Foreign learners of Japanese also often focus their kanji studies on the jōyō kanji list.
Jōyō kanji consists of 2,136 characters.
· For brevity, only one English translation is given per kanji.
· Grades "1" through "6" mean that it is taught at that grade in elementary school. Grade "S" means that it is taught in secondary school.
· The list is sorted first by radical, then by number of strokes.
· 196 characters (numbered 1946 through 2141) were added in 2010; five were removed at the same time.
· The hyphen of kun'yomi separates okurigana.
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New
Old
Strokes
Grade
English
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
1
一
one
イチ、イツichi, itsu
ひと、ひと-つhito, hito-tsu
2
丁
3
ward
チョウ、テイchō, tei
ひのとhinoto
七
seven
シチshichi
なな、なな-つ、なのnana, nana-tsu, nano
4
万
萬
ten thousand
マン、バンman, ban
よろずyorozu
5
丈
S
length
ジョウjō
たけtake
6
三
three
サンsan
み、み-つ、みっ-つmi, mi-tsu, mit-tsu
7
上
up
ジョウ、ショウjō, shō
うえ、うわ、かみ、あ-げる、あ-がる、のぼ-る、のぼ-せる、のぼ-すue, uwa, kami, a-geru, a-garu, nobo-ru, nobo-seru, nobo-su
8
下
below
カ、ゲka, ge
した、しも、もと、さ-げる、さ-がる、くだ-る、くだ-す、くだ-さる、お-ろす、お-りるshita, shimo, moto, sa-geru, sa-garu, kuda-ru, kuda-su, kuda-saru, o-rosu, o-riru
9
不
non-
フ、ブfu, bu
10
与
與
give
ヨyo
あた-えるata-eru
11
且
moreover
ショ、ソ、ショウsho, so, shō
か-つka-tsu
12
世
world
セイ、セsei, se
よyo
13
丘
hill
キュウkyū
おかoka
14
丙
third class
ヘイhei
ひのえhinoe
15
両
兩
both
リョウryō
てる、ふたつteru, futatsu
16
並
竝
line-up
なみ、なら-べる、なら-ぶ、なら-びにnami, nara-beru, nara-bu, nara-bini
17
中
middle
チュウchū
なかnaka
18
丸
circle
ガンgan
まる、まる-い、まる-めるmaru, maru-i, maru-meru
19
丹
cinnabar
タンtan
にni
20
主
master
シュ、スshu, su
ぬし、おもnushi, omo
21
久
long time
キュウ、クkyū, ku
ひさ-しいhisa-shii
22
乏
scarce
ボウbō
とぼ-しいtobo-shii
23
乗
乘
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