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The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table. This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed ( 勺 , 銑 , 脹 , 錘 , 匁 ).
The jōyō kanji (常用漢字, Japanese pronunciation: [dʑoːjoːkaꜜɲdʑi], lit. "regular-use kanji") are those kanji listed on the Jōyō kanji hyō (常用漢字表, literally "list of regular-use kanji"), officially announced by the Japanese Ministry of Education. The current list of 2,136 characters was issued in 2010.
In the CJK Compatibility block of Unicode 1.0, there is a square version of the Japanese word for "baht", written in katakana script. [53] The Japanese for "baht" is バ ーツ ( bā tsu ). However, the reference glyph ㌬ and the character name correspond to パ ーツ ( pā tsu , from English "parts"). [ 53 ]
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.
Japanese name Chinese Meaning Example hen : 旁 Left sided element 略 consists of Radical 102 田 and 各. tsukuri : 旁 Right accompanying element 期 consists of Radical 74 月 and 其. kanmuri : 頭 Crown element 歩 consists of Radical 77 止 and 少, and 男 consists of Radical 102 田 and 力.
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A variant 乄 is used as well, to indicate that a letter is closed, as abbreviation of 閉め. The character originated as a cursive form of ト , the top component of 占 (as in 占める shimeru ), and was then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation.
For every 3 non-theme words you find, you earn a hint. Hints show the letters of a theme word. If there is already an active hint on the board, a hint will show that word’s letter order.