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THE FIRST 103 KANJI - uni-passau.de

The Japanese government limited the kanji used in official publications to the 1945 touyou kanji with about 4000 readings. The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is based on these 1945 touyou kanji. A Japanese with average education knows around 3000 kanji and it is estimated that around 4000 kanji are used in Japanese literature.