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New Joyo Kanji - Wakela - 2008-01-31
From F**ked Gaijin
Quote:The Agency for Cultural Affairs announced plans to expand the Joyo Kanji (常用漢字) list for the first time since 1981. Many of the additions are currently commonly used in place names like these eleven:Let's see, if I'm not mistaken 10 of those 11 new kanjis are in RTK1! And any RTK1 graduate should be able to whip a story for 阜 (hill) in no time.
阪 ( as in 大阪 Osaka)
熊 (as in 熊本 Kumamoto)
奈 (as in 奈良 Nara)
岡 (as in 岡山 Okayama)
鹿 (as in 鹿児島 Kagoshima)
梨 (as in 山梨 Yamanashi)
阜 (as in 岐阜 Gifu)
埼 (as in 埼玉 Saitama)
茨 (as in 茨城 Ibaraki)
栃 (as in 栃木 Tochigi)
媛 (as in 愛媛 Ehime)
If you had been studying kanji through more traditional means you may not have come across these. Remember that next time someone tries to tell you that this method is crazy.
New Joyo Kanji - meolox - 2008-01-31
Amazing news, nice to see after the Heisig method you're prepped for any changes made to the list
New Joyo Kanji - yukamina - 2008-01-31
How many kanji are being added?
New Joyo Kanji - billyclyde - 2008-01-31
55? Article says it takes the list to "the 2000 level."
New Joyo Kanji - JimmySeal - 2008-02-01
Yes, about 50. That list above is just what's being added to fill the gaps in prefecture names, but it seems they will also be adding characters like 誰, 頃, 嬉, and 癌.
There is also talk of defining an "auxiliary joyo kanji" list, for characters that people should be able to read and use on a PC, but not necessarily write.
http://news.ameba.jp/domestic/2008/01/10591.html
New Joyo Kanji - meolox - 2008-02-01
Finally 誰 is added to the jouyou, this should have been in it from the start it's so common.
New Joyo Kanji - DrJones - 2008-02-01
Curiously, 阜 seems to be one of the non-contracted forms of 阝, corresponding to the part that always appear on the right side of a kanji.
New Joyo Kanji - JimmySeal - 2008-02-03
Incidentally, I just took a short trip to Gifu prefecture this weekend, so I've been seeing a lot of 阜.