人名用漢字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人 名 用 漢 字
じん
Grade: 1		 めい
Grade: 1		 よう
Grade: 2		 かん
Grade: 3		 じ
Grade: 1
kan’on on’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
人名用漢字 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 人名(じんめい) (jinmei, “name of a person”) + 用(よう) (-yō, “for its use”) + 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “kanji”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じんめーよーか​んじ [jìńmééyóó káꜜǹjì] (Nakadaka – [7])[1]
  • IPA(key): [(d͡)ʑĩmːe̞ːjo̞ː kã̠n(d͡)ʑi]

Noun

人(じん)名(めい)用(よう)漢(かん)字(じ) • (jinmei-yō kanji) 

  1. kanji approved for use in names registered in the 戸籍(こせき) (koseki, “family register”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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