The Jy Kanji The jy kanji is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jy kanji are those on a list of 1,945 characters issued on October 10, 1981. It is a slightly modified version of the ty kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II.Jy Kanji 1st Grade (80 entries) six

power; strong; strain; bear up; exert

grove; forest

- - - - - - - - stand up

evening

- tree; wood

- - eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor

- name; noted; distinguished; reputation

book; present; main; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67)

eight; eight radical (no. 12)

hundred

- white

two; two radical (no.2)

- - day; sun; Japan; counter for days

- - - enter; insert

year; counter for years

soil; earth; ground; Turkey

town; village; block; street

- heavens; sky; imperial

rice field; rice paddy

insect; bug; temper

male

bamboo

in; inside; middle; mean; center

- - large; big

- - early; fast

- - grass; weeds; herbs; pasture; write; draft

leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear

village; town

stone

- red

before; ahead; previous; future; precedence

thousand

stream; river; river or 3-stroke river radical (no. 47)

correct; justice; righteous; 10**40

life; genuine; birth

- blue; green

- water

forest; woods

- - person

woman; female

- - - little; small

- - - - - above; up

- - exit; leave

ten

- - - hand

car

ear

seven

- character; letter; word; section of village

thread

four

- child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac

three

mountain

left

exam; school; printing; proof; correction

mouth

five

month; moon

- dog

see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible

- - gold

nine

empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum

- - jewel; ball

spirit; mind; air; atmosphere; mood

rest; day off; retire; sleep

shellfish

study; learning; science

right

- - rain

circle; yen; round

- king; rule; magnate

- sound; noise

- below; down; descend; give; low; inferior

- - fire

flower

- one; one radical (no.1)

Jy Kanji 2nd Grade (160 entries) tale; talk

come; due; next; cause; become

logic; arrangement; reason; justice; truth

ri; village; parent's home; league

weekday

utilize; business; service; use; employ

friend

gate; counter for cannons

night; evening

- plains; field; rustic; civilian life

dart; arrow

fur; hair; feather; down

- bright; light