表外漢字(ひょうがいかんじ)

ひょうがいかんじ
noun
kanji outside the standard list
formallanguage
1. kanji not included in the {常用漢字|じょうようかんじ} list
Any character outside the 2,136 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ) designated for general use. Newspapers and textbooks avoid them or add furigana, though many appear in names, place names, and literary writing.
これは表外漢字(ひょうがいかんじ)だ。
This is a kanji outside the standard list.
新聞(しんぶん)では表外漢字(ひょうがいかんじ)をひらがなで書(か)くことが多(おお)い。
Newspapers often write kanji outside the standard list in hiragana instead.
人名(じんめい)には表外漢字(ひょうがいかんじ)も使(つか)えるので、読(よ)み方(かた)が分(わ)からない名前(なまえ)も多(おお)い。
Since kanji outside the standard list can be used in personal names, there are many names whose readings are hard to guess.

The 表(ひょう) refers to the 常用漢字表(じょうようかんじひょう), the official table of characters for general use, so 表外(ひょうがい) means "off the table."

Common collocations

  • 表外漢字(ひょうがいかんじ)を使(つか)う: to use a non-standard kanji
  • 表外漢字(ひょうがいかんじ)にルビをふる: to add furigana to a non-standard kanji
  • 表外(ひょうがい)読(よ)み: a reading not listed for a standard kanji

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Related: 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ)
Compare: 人名用漢字(じんめいようかんじ) (kanji additionally permitted…)
Compare: 旧字体(きゅうじたい) (pre-1949 character forms)
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Added 2026.8.4 15:26 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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