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  2. Kanji - Wikipedia

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    Kanji readings are categorized as either on'yomi (音読み, literally "sound reading"), from Chinese, or kun'yomi (訓読み, literally "meaning reading"), native Japanese, and most characters have at least two readings—at least one of each.

  3. List of jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Kun'yomi - Wikipedia

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    Kun'yomi (訓読み, [kɯɰ̃jomi], lit. "meaning reading") is the way of reading kanji characters using the native Japanese word that matches the meaning of the Chinese character when it was introduced. [1][2][3] This pronunciation is contrasted with on'yomi, which is the reading based on the original Chinese pronunciation of the character.

  5. Kyōiku kanji - Wikipedia

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    The kyōiku kanji (教育漢字, literally "education kanji"), sometimes called the gakushū kanji (学習漢字, literally "learning kanji"), are those kanji listed on the Gakunenbetsu kanji haitō hyō (学年別漢字配当表, literally "list of kanji by school year"), a list of 1,026 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that ...

  6. On'yomi - Wikipedia

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    Transliteration. Rōmaji. Cyrillization. v. t. e. On'yomi (音読み, [oɰ̃jomi], lit. "sound (-based) reading"), or the Sino-Japanese reading, is the reading of a kanji based on the historical Chinese pronunciation of the character. A single kanji might have multiple on'yomi pronunciations, reflecting the Chinese pronunciations of different ...

  7. Jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    The jōyō kanji (常用漢字, Japanese pronunciation: [dʑoːjoːkaꜜɲdʑi], lit. "regular-use kanji") are those kanji listed on the Jōyō kanji hyō (常用漢字表, literally "list of regular-use kanji"), officially announced by the Japanese Ministry of Education. The current list of 2,136 characters was issued in 2010. It is a slightly ...

  8. Go-on - Wikipedia

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    Go-on or goon (呉音, English: / ˈɡoʊ.ɒn / GOH-on; Japanese pronunciation: [ɡo.oɴ] or [ɡoꜜoɴ], "sounds from the Wu region ") are Japanese kanji readings based on the classical pronunciations of Chinese characters of the historically prestigious eastern Jiankang [1] (now Nanjing) dialect. Go-on are the earliest form of on'yomi ...

  9. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    Kanji names in Japan are governed by the Japanese Ministry of Justice's rules on kanji use in names. As of January 2015, only the 843 "name kanji" (jinmeiyō kanji) and 2,136 "commonly used characters" (jōyō kanji) are permitted for use in personal names. This is intended to ensure that names can be readily written and read by those literate ...