Kanji

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Chapters: List of joyo kanji, Kyoiku kanji, Toyo kanji, List of kanji by stroke count, Chinese character classification, Japanese script reform, Radical, Jinmeiyo kanji, Man'yogana, Rakuyoshu, Jodai Tokushu Kanazukai, Shinjitai, List of kanji by concept, Iteration mark, Ryakuji, Extended shinjitai, Go-on, Kanji of the year, Hyogaiji, Japanese orthography issues, Kyujitai, Ateji, Asahi characters, Taito, Hanzi Smatter, To-on, Nanori, Kyota Sugimoto, Kan-on. Excerpt: Joyo kanji consists of 2,136 characters. Kanji Kana Uses Romaji Punctuation Kyoiku kanji , literally "education kanji"), also known as Gakunenbetsu kanji haitohyo , literally "list of kanji by school year") is a list of 1,006 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese schoolchildren should learn for each year of elementary school. Although the list is designed for Japanese children, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji. Kyoiku kanji is a subset of Joyo kanji. A list of all joyo kanji, with kyoiku kanji in red, according to Halpern's KLD indexing system. Note 1: Many kanji have complex meanings and nuances, or express concepts not found in the English language. In those cases, the English meanings mentioned here constitute approximations at best. Note 2: In the Kun readings, readings after - (hyphen) are Okurigana. Kanji Kana Uses Romaji Punctuation The toyo kanji, also known as the Toyo kanjihyo (¿¿¿¿¿, "list of kanji for general use") are the result of a reform of the Kanji characters of Chinese origin in the Japanese written language. They were the kanji declared "official" by the Japanese Ministry of Education ) on November 16, 1946. They were replaced in 1981 by the Joyo kanji. Thousands of kanji characters were in use in various writing systems, leading to great difficulties for those learning written Japanese. Additionally, several characters had identical meanings but were written differently from each other, further increasing complexity. Prior to World War II, language scholars were concerned with these problems in learning fluent Japanese. One of their more radical proposals was to abolish the Chinese kanji characters entirely and make use of an entirely phonetic system. When the Ministry of Education tried to implement this reform, ho