jōyō kanji

set of common kanji taught in schools and allowed in government documents
Legislation grade_of_kanji Q875368
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jōyō kanji

Summary

jōyō kanji is a grade of kanji[1]. It draws 496 Wikipedia views per month (grade_of_kanji category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • jōyō kanji's image is recorded as Joyo.png[3].
  • jōyō kanji's instance of is recorded as grade of kanji[4].
  • jōyō kanji's main regulatory text is recorded as Revised List of Characters for General Use[5].
  • jōyō kanji's GND ID is recorded as 4251086-7[6].
  • jōyō kanji's subclass of is recorded as kanji character[7].
  • jōyō kanji's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01110300[8].
  • jōyō kanji's part of is recorded as Table of Jōyō kanji[9].
  • jōyō kanji's has part is recorded as kyōiku kanji[10].
  • jōyō kanji's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04pty3[11].
  • jōyō kanji's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Common kanji[12].
  • jōyō kanji's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+2136'}[13].
  • jōyō kanji's replaces is recorded as Tōyō kanji[14].
  • jōyō kanji's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Joyo-kanji-hyo[15].
  • jōyō kanji's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags/jōyō-kanji[16].
  • jōyō kanji's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '常用漢字'}[17].
  • jōyō kanji's has list is recorded as list of jōyō kanji[18].
  • jōyō kanji's has part is recorded as kanji character[19].
  • jōyō kanji's Quora topic ID is recorded as Joyo-Kanji[20].
  • jōyō kanji's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 常用漢字[21].
  • jōyō kanji's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 常用漢字[22].

Why It Matters

jōyō kanji draws 496 Wikipedia views per month (grade_of_kanji category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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