Common Kanji Vocabular
The Jōyō Kanji 常用漢字表 The jōyō kanji is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 1,945 characters issued on October 10, 1981. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II. (source: Wikipedia ) Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade (80) Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade (160) Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade (200) Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade (200) Jōyō Kanji 5th Grade (185) Jōyō Kanji 6th Grade (181) Jōyō Kanji Junior High-school (939) JLPT Kanji 日本語能力試験漢字 The Japanese Language Proficiency Test, or JLPT, is a standardized criterion-referenced test to evaluate and certify the Japanese language proficiency of non-native speakers. It is held twice a year in East Asia and once a year in other regions. The JLPT has five levels, with Level N5 being the most basic and Level N1 the most difficult. The Japan Foundation estimates that