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    常じょう用よう漢かん字じ

    jōyō kanji

    KMT7CoreNounCore ConceptsEducationKanji Vocab35 strokes

    じょうようかんじ

    Noun

    1.
    jōyō kanji, kanji for common use, list of 2,136 kanji designated for common use (introduced in 1981, revised in 2010)

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    常じょう用よう漢かん字じは2136字じあります。

    There are 2136 Jōyō Kanji.

    KMT5Core ConceptsEducation
    日に本ほんの新しん聞ぶんは常じょう用よう漢かん字じを使つかって書かかれています。

    Japanese newspapers are written using Jōyō Kanji.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    小しょう学がっ校こうで習ならう漢かん字じは、常じょう用よう漢かん字じの一いち部ぶです。

    Kanji learned in elementary school are a part of the Jōyō Kanji.

    KMT7EducationCore Concepts
    常じょう用よう漢かん字じを学まなぶことは、日に本ほん語ごの読よみ書かきの基き礎そです。

    Learning Jōyō Kanji is the foundation of reading and writing Japanese.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    常じょう用よう漢かん字じ以い外がいの漢かん字じには、ふりがなが振ふられることが多おおい。

    Kanji outside the Jōyō Kanji list often have furigana.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    常
    つね・とこ-…(5)
    usual・ordinary・normal・common・regular…(3)
    用
    もち.いる…(2)
    utilize・business・service・use・employ
    漢
    Sino-・China
    字
    あざ・あざな・-な…(1)
    character・letter・word・section of village
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