Jōyō kanji

The jōyō kanji (常用漢字^?, literally "daily-use Chinese characters") is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education.

Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010.

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.

The 2,136 kanji in the jōyō kanji consist of:

• 1,006 kanji taught in primary school (the kyōiku kanji)
• 1,130 additional kanji taught in secondary school

Foreign learners of Japanese also often focus their kanji studies on the jōyō kanji list.