- Kyōiku kanji
, also known as is a list of 1,006
kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese schoolchildren should learn for each year of elementary school. Although the list is designed for Japanese children, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers in order to limit the kanji to the most commonly used.Kyōiku kanji is a subset of
Jōyō kanji .Versions of kyōiku list
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1946 created with 881 characters
*1977 expanded to 996 characters
*1982 expanded to 1,006 charactersThe list by grade
Note: Many kanji have complex meanings and nuances, or express concepts not found on the English language. In those cases, the English meanings mentioned here constitute aproximations at best.
First grade (80 kanji)
Fourth grade (200 kanji)
ee also
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Learning kanji External links
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MEXT [http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shuppan/sonota/990301b.htm Elementary School Curriculum Guidelines] , [http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shuppan/sonota/990301b/990301d.htm Part 2 Section 1: Japanese] — Official list of kyōiku kanji by grade
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