当用漢字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当 用 漢 字
とう
Grade: 2 		よう
Grade: 2 		かん
Grade: 3 		じ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
當用漢字 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 当用 (“general use, daily use”) +‎ 漢字 (“kanji”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とーよーかんじ [tòóyóókáꜜǹjì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːjo̞ːkã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

当(とう)用(よう)漢(かん)字(じ) • (tōyō kanji) 

  1. (orthography, historical) tōyō kanji (kanji that were declared official by the Ministry of Education of Japan on November 16, 1946, later replaced by 常用漢字 (​jōyō kanji))
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