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Noun
1. tōyō kanji; list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981See also 常用漢字
Wikipedia definition
2. Tōyō kanjiThe tōyō kanji, also known as the Tōyō kanjihyō (当用漢字表, "list of kanji for general use") are the result of a reform of the Kanji characters of Chinese origin in the Japanese written language. They were the kanji declared "official" by the Japanese Ministry of Education on November 16, 1946. They were replaced in 1981 by the Jōyō kanji.
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