Japanese Kanji

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Kanji list

The Japanese government created a list of "official" kanji in 1923 which has gone through a number of updates. The common Jōyō Kanji list was most recently updated in 2010 to the current list of 2136 kanji, whereas the Jimeiyō Kanji list for names was last updated to the current list of 863 in 2017. This is similar to the number of Chinese characters one needs to know to be considered fluent in other languages that use them, although in total there are over 50,000 floating around out there. The highest level test of kanji knowledge in Japan is the Kanji Kentai which tests over 6000 kanji but is only passed by a few hundred people each year.

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Last ∆ on 12 March 2026 by Bradley James Wogsland.