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List of jōyō kanji
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The jōyō kanji (常用漢字, Japanese pronunciation: [dʑoːjoːkaꜜɲdʑi], lit. "regular-use kanji") system of representing written Japanese currently consists of 2,136 characters.
List of characters
- For brevity, only one English translation is given per kanji.
- The "Grade" column specifies the grade in which the kanji is taught in Elementary schools in Japan. Grade "S" means that it is taught in secondary school.
- The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table.
- This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed (勺, 銑, 脹, 錘, 匁).
- Hyphens in the kun'yomi readings separate kanji from their okurigana.
- The "New" column attempts to reflect the official glyph shapes as closely as possible. This requires using the characters 𠮟, 塡, 剝, 頰 which are outside of Japan's basic character set, JIS X 0208 (one of them is also outside the Unicode BMP). In practice, these characters are usually replaced by the characters 叱, 填, 剥, 頬, which are present in JIS X 0208.
- The "Old" column reflects the official kyūjitai specified in the standard jōyō table;[1] it does not include unofficial, extended, or Asahi characters.[discuss]
- The readings presented here are those noted in the official Jōyō table.[2] Special readings and uncommon readings are indicated in brackets.[3] Other readings (generally less common, such as the nanori) may also exist.
| # | New (Shinjitai) | Old (Kyūjitai) | Radical | Strokes | Grade | Year added | English meaning | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 亜 | 亞 | 二 | 7 | S | sub-, Asia | ア a | |
| 2 | 哀 | 口 | 9 | S | pathetic | アイ、あわ-れ、あわ-れむ ai, awa-re, awa-remu | ||
| 3 | 挨 | 手 | 10 | S | 2010 | push open | アイ ai | |
| 4 | 愛 | 心 | 13 | 4 | love | アイ ai | ||
| 5 | 曖 | 日 | 17 | S | 2010 | not clear | アイ ai | |
| 6 | 悪 | 惡 | 心 | 11 | 3 | bad | アク、オ、わる-い aku, o, waru-i | |
| 7 | 握 | 手 | 12 | S | grip | アク、にぎ-る aku, nigi-ru | ||
| 8 | 圧 | 壓 | 土 | 5 | 5 | pressure | アツ atsu | |
| 9 | 扱 | 手 | 6 | S | handle | あつか-う atsuka-u | ||
| 10 | 宛 | 宀 | 8 | S | 2010 | allocate | あ-てる a-teru | |
| 11 | 嵐 | 山 | 12 | S | 2010 | storm | あらし arashi | |
| 12 | 安 | 宀 | 6 | 3 | cheap | アン、やす-い an, yasu-i | ||
| 13 | 案 | 木 | 10 | 4 | plan | アン an | ||
| 14 | 暗 | 日 | 13 | 3 | dark | アン、くら-い an, kura-i | ||
| 15 | 以 | 人 | 5 | 4 | by means of | イ i | ||
| 16 | 衣 | 衣 | 6 | 4 | clothes | イ、ころも i, koromo | ||
| 17 | 位 | 人 | 7 | 4 | rank | イ、くらい i, kurai | ||
| 18 | 囲 | 圍 | 囗 | 7 | 5 | surround | イ、かこ-む、かこ-う i, kako-mu, kako-u | |
| 19 | 医 | 醫 | 酉 | 7 | 3 | doctor | イ i | |
| 20 | 依 | 人 | 8 | S | reliant | イ、（エ） i, (e) | ||
| 21 | 委 | 女 | 8 | 3 | committee | イ、ゆだ-ねる i, yuda-neru | ||
| 22 | 威 | 女 | 9 | S | intimidate | イ i | ||
| 23 | 為 | 爲 | 爪 | 9 | S | do | イ i | |
| 24 | 畏 | 田 | 9 | S | 2010 | fear | イ、おそ-れる i, oso-reru | |
| 25 | 胃 | 肉 | 9 | 6 | stomach | イ i | ||
| 26 | 尉 | 寸 | 11 | S | military officer | イ i | ||
| 27 | 異 | 田 | 11 | 6 | uncommon | イ、こと i, koto | ||
| 28 | 移 | 禾 | 11 | 5 | shift | イ、うつ-る、うつ-す i, utsu-ru, utsu-su | ||
| 29 | 萎 | 艸 | 11 | S | 2010 | wither | イ、な-える i, na-eru | |
| 30 | 偉 | 人 | 12 | S | admirable | イ、えら-い i, era-i | ||
| 31 | 椅 | 木 | 12 | S | 2010 | chair | イ i | |
| 32 | 彙 | 彐 | 13 | S | 2010 | same kind | イ i | |
| 33 | 意 | 心 | 13 | 3 | idea | イ i | ||
| 34 | 違 | 辵 | 13 | S | differ | イ、ちが-う、ちが-える i, chiga-u, chiga-eru | ||
| 35 | 維 | 糸 | 14 | S | fiber | イ i | ||
| 36 | 慰 | 心 | 15 | S | consolation | イ、なぐさ-める、なぐさ-む i, nagusa-meru, nagusa-mu | ||
| 37 | 遺 | 辵 | 15 | 6 | bequeath | イ、（ユイ） i, (yui) | ||
| 38 | 緯 | 糸 | 16 | S | horizontal | イ i | ||
| 39 | 域 | 土 | 11 | 6 | range | イキ iki | ||
| 40 | 育 | 肉 | 8 | 3 | nurture | イク、そだ-つ、そだ-てる、はぐく-む iku, soda-tsu, soda-teru, haguku-mu | ||
| 41 | 一 | 一 | 1 | 1 | one | イチ、イツ、ひと、ひと-つ ichi, itsu, hito, hito-tsu | ||
| 42 | 壱 | 壹 | 士 | 7 | S | one (falsification prevention) | イチ ichi | |
| 43 | 逸 | 逸 [4] | 辵 | 11 | S | deviate | イツ itsu | |
| 44 | 茨 [5] | 艸 | 9 | 4 | 2010 | thorn | （いばら）[6] (ibara) | |
| 45 | 芋 | 艸 | 6 | S | potato | いも imo | ||
| 46 | 引 | 弓 | 4 | 2 | pull | イン、ひ-く、ひ-ける in, hi-ku, hi-keru | ||
| 47 | 印 | 卩 | 6 | 4 | mark | イン、しるし in, shirushi | ||
| 48 | 因 | 囗 | 6 | 5 | cause | イン、よ-る in, yo-ru | ||
| 49 | 咽 | 口 | 9 | S | 2010 | throat | イン in | |
| 50 | 姻 | 女 | 9 | S | matrimony | イン in | ||
| 51 | 員 | 口 | 10 | 3 | member | イン in | ||
| 52 | 院 | 阜 | 10 | 3 | institution | イン in | ||
| 53 | 淫 [7] | 水 | 11 | S | 2010 | lewdness | イン、みだ-ら in, mida-ra | |
| 54 | 陰 | 阜 | 11 | S | shade | イン、かげ、かげ-る in, kage, kage-ru | ||
| 55 | 飲 | 食 | 12 | 3 | drink | イン、の-む in, no-mu | ||
| 56 | 隠 | 隱 | 阜 | 14 | S | conceal | イン、かく-す、かく-れる in, kaku-su, kaku-reru | |
| 57 | 韻 | 音 | 19 | S | rhyme | イン in | ||
| 58 | 右 | 口 | 5 | 1 | right (direction) | ウ、ユウ、みぎ u, yū, migi | ||
| 59 | 宇 | 宀 | 6 | 6 | eaves | ウ u | ||
| 60 | 羽 | 羽 | 6 | 2 | feather | ウ、は、はね u, ha, hane | ||
| 61 | 雨 | 雨 | 8 | 1 | rain | ウ、あめ、（あま） u, ame, (ama) | ||
| 62 | 唄 | 口 | 10 | S | 2010 | songs with samisen | （うた） (uta) | |
| 63 | 鬱 | 鬯 | 29 | S | 2010 | gloom, depression | ウツ utsu | |
| 64 | 畝 | 田 | 10 | S | furrow | うね une | ||
| 65 | 浦 | 水 | 10 | S | bay | うら ura | ||
| 66 | 運 | 辵 | 12 | 3 | carry | ウン、はこ-ぶ un, hako-bu | ||
| 67 | 雲 | 雨 | 12 | 2 | cloud | ウン、くも un, kumo |