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常用漢字 じょうようかんじ

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

常用漢字表 じょうようかんじひょう

  1. list of jōyō kanji; list of kanji for common use

当用漢字 とうようかんじ

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 list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981; tōyō kanji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