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kanji taught in elementary school; educational kanji
The set of kanji that Japanese children are taught during the six years of elementary school, assigned grade by grade under the national curriculum. The list currently contains 1,026 characters.
Formed from 学習 (learning, study) + 漢字. The official name in curriculum documents is 教育漢字; 学習漢字 is the label used on dictionaries, workbooks, and kanji charts sold for children.
Common collocations
- 学習漢字一覧: a list of the elementary-school kanji
- 学年別学習漢字: elementary-school kanji arranged by grade
- 学習漢字を習う: to learn the elementary-school kanji