Kyōiku kanji and Jōyō kanji

January 4, 2014 by kanji9 in kanji made easy, quiz, written Japanese and tagged Jōyō kanji, kanji, Kyōiku kanji, learn Japanese, quiz, 常用漢字, 教育漢字

Kyōiku kanji, 教育漢字 or education kanji is a list of 1,006 kanji maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Kyōiku kanji is a subset of Jōyō kanji. The jōyō kanji,常用漢字 or regular-use Chinese characters is a list of 2,136 characters and consist of 1,006 kanji taught in primary school ( kyōiku kanji) and 1,130 additional kanji taught in secondary school.