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Old or obsolete Kanji

The Japanese language is basically based on kanji, originally Chinese characters. The Nelson Japanese dictionary has listed in its last version, more than 7,000 different entries.
In 1923, as a matter of simplification the Ministry of Education specified 1,962 kanji and 154 simplified characters. This 1st guide is called the Joyo Kanji (常用漢字). A similar process of kanji simplification occurred in China as well as in Korea however on different basis.
The Joyo kanji guide has been revised and0