旧字体(きゅうじたい)

Composed of 旧(きゅう) (old, former), 字(じ) (character), and 体(たい) (form, style). The simplification of kanji was part of Japan's postwar education reforms in 1946, when the 当用漢字(とうようかんじ) (characters for everyday use) list was established. Examples include 學(がく)→学(がく), 國(くに)→国(くに), 會(かい)→会(あ)う.

Common collocations

• 旧字体(きゅうじたい)で書(か)く — to write in old-form kanji
• 旧字体(きゅうじたい)と新字体(しんじたい) — old-form and new-form kanji
• 旧字体(きゅうじたい)の漢字(かんじ) — old-form kanji characters

Related words

• 新字体(しんじたい) — new-form kanji; the simplified forms in current standard use
• 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ) — kanji for common use; the official list of kanji for everyday use
• 異体字(いたいじ) — variant character; any alternative written form of a character
• 繁体字(はんたいじ) — traditional Chinese characters; similar concept in Chinese writing