The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) 日本語能力試験 Notes on the Kanji Lists The lists on the following pages contain the 2,136 Jōyō Kanji; five Jōyō Kanji in effect up to 2010; 284 name kanji; and two kanji that are neither Jōyō Kanji nor name kanji.* The Jōyō Kanji in each level are arranged in the same order as they appear in the textbook Japanese Kanji and Kana and in the writing practice book Japanese Kanji and Kana Workbook. The name kanji appear in the same order as in The Learner’s Japanese Kanji Dictionary and The Kanji Dictionary. The beginning of each list is labeled, left to right, with the name of the level, the number of kanji in that level, and, in parentheses, the range of consecutive reference numbers of the kanji in that level: N5 80 kanji (1– 80: Jōyō-Kanji) N4 167 kanji (81 – 247: Jōyō-Kanji) N3 370 kanji (248 – 617: Jōyō-Kanji) N2 368 kanji (618 – 985: Jōyō-Kanji) N1 1,235 kanji (986 –1969, 1971 –1974: Jōyō-Kanji; 1975 –1979: Jōyō Kanji in effect up to 2010; 1970 and 1980: neither Jōyō Kanji nor name kanji; 1981– 2264 name kanji) N+ 163 kanji (2265 – 2427: Jōyō-Kanji that are not part of the official JLPT levels N5 through N1) All the lists are made up of one or more pages, with 80 fields on each page. Beginning with the top row, the kanji are arranged in order from left to right. They appear in the standard printed form. In the upper left of the field is the running reference number [312] by which the kanji is identified. Beneath the kanji 感 is a number [262] telling where in the book Japanese Kanji and Kana this kanji is to be found. To the right of this number is a number marked with a W telling where to find this kanji in the Japanese Kanji and Kana Workbook, or a number marked with an N telling where to find this kanji in the Jinmei-yō Kanji list of kanji used mostly for names. The next line gives the descriptor (here, 4k9.21) of this kanji in The Learner’s Japanese Kanji Dictionary and The Kanji Dictionary. This information allows the user to quickly look up the kanji in these reference works to check how it is written, its readings and meanings, and important compound words in which it occurs. * Hint: For some years now the Japan Foundation has no longer announced which kanji are tested for in the indi- vidual levels. Despite this, I have created the lists given here in order to give test-takers an early opportunity to pre- pare for the tests independently of the preparation courses available. Although they are based on earlier test docu- ments, experience shows that no big changes can be expected in the characters that will be tested for. It would not make much sense in for example the easiest level N5 to test for rarer and more-complex characters instead of the easiest and most frequent characters. And because there could be changes in the number as well as the selection of the tested kanji, it would certainly not be wrong, when preparing for a test, to learn a number of characters of the next level in addition to those for the current level. Besides, the following lists can be no substitute for the prepara- tory courses and accompanying materials offered by the test centers. Wolfgang Hadamitzky Databases, layout, and typesetting: Seiko Harada and Rainer Weihs 312 感 262 / W312 4k9.21
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The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)日本語能力試験
Notes on the Kanji Lists
The lists on the following pages contain the 2,136 Jōyō Kanji; five Jōyō Kanji in effect up to 2010; 284 name kanji; and two kanji that are neither Jōyō Kanji nor name kanji.*
The Jōyō Kanji in each level are arranged in the same order as they appear in the textbook Japanese Kanji and Kana and in the writing practice book Japanese Kanji and Kana Workbook. The name kanji appear in the same order as in The Learner’s Japanese Kanji Dictionary and The Kanji Dictionary.
The beginning of each list is labeled, left to right, with the name of the level, the number of kanji in that level, and, in parentheses, the range of consecutive reference numbers of the kanji in that level:
N5 80 kanji (1– 80: Jōyō-Kanji)N4 167 kanji (81 – 247: Jōyō-Kanji)N3 370 kanji (248 – 617: Jōyō-Kanji)N2 368 kanji (618 – 985: Jōyō-Kanji)N1 1,235 kanji (986 –1969, 1971 –1974: Jōyō-Kanji; 1975 –1979: Jōyō Kanji in effect up to 2010;
1970 and 1980: neither Jōyō Kanji nor name kanji; 1981– 2264 name kanji)N+ 163 kanji (2265 – 2427: Jōyō-Kanji that are not part of the official JLPT levels N5 through N1)
All the lists are made up of one or more pages, with 80 fields on each page.Beginning with the top row, the kanji are arranged in order from left to right.They appear in the standard printed form.
In the upper left of the field is the running reference number [312] by which the kanji is identified. Beneath the kanji 感 is a number [262] telling where in the book Japanese Kanji and Kana this kanji is to be found. To the right of this number is a number marked with a W telling where to find this kanji in the Japanese Kanji and Kana Workbook, or a number marked with an N telling where to find this kanji in the Jinmei-yō Kanji list of kanji used mostly for names. The next line gives the descriptor (here, 4k9.21) of this kanji in The Learner’s Japanese Kanji Dictionary and The Kanji Dictionary. This information allows the user to quickly look up the kanji in these reference works to check how it is written, its readings and meanings, and important compound words in which it occurs.
* Hint: For some years now the Japan Foundation has no longer announced which kanji are tested for in the indi-vidual levels. Despite this, I have created the lists given here in order to give test-takers an early opportunity to pre-pare for the tests independently of the preparation courses available. Although they are based on earlier test docu-ments, experience shows that no big changes can be expected in the characters that will be tested for. It would notmake much sense in for example the easiest level N5 to test for rarer and more-complex characters instead of the easiest and most frequent characters. And because there could be changes in the number as well as the selection of the tested kanji, it would certainly not be wrong, when preparing for a test, to learn a number of characters of the next level in addition to those for the current level. Besides, the following lists can be no substitute for the prepara-tory courses and accompanying materials offered by the test centers.
Wolfgang Hadamitzky
Databases, layout, and typesetting: Seiko Harada and Rainer Weihs