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常用漢字 (jouyoukanji) Japanese meaning: jōyō kanji | Kotomora
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There are 2,136 jōyō kanji in total.
Is this kanji included in the jōyō kanji list?
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 は 常じょう 用よう 漢かん 字じ ではない (a kanji) is not a jōyō kanji
I thought '憂' wasn't a jōyō kanji, but it actually is included.
常じょう 用よう 漢かん 字じ を 使つか う to use jōyō kanji (in writing)
常じょう 用よう 漢かん 字じ の 範はん 囲い 内ない で 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something within the scope of jōyō kanji
Kanji 用 utilize, business, service Don't confuse with 教育漢字 is the smaller set of 1,026 kanji taught in elementary school, while 常用漢字 is the full list of 2,136 kanji for general adult use.
人名用漢字 are extra kanji approved specifically for use in personal names, separate from the general-use 常用漢字 list.
Etymology Compound of 常用 (jōyō, 'common use') and 漢字 (kanji, 'Chinese characters'). The term was officially adopted with the 1981 list.
It is standard practice to use jōyō kanji in official documents.
Textbooks are written within the range of jōyō kanji.