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    3. 当用漢字

    当用漢字

    当とう用よう漢かん字じ

    tōyō kanji

    NTNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab30 strokes

    とうようかんじ

    Noun

    1.
    tōyō kanji, list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981

    Stroke 0 / 30

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
    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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