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1.2.3. What is the difference between touyou kanji and jouyou kanji?

The touyou kanji (当用漢字) list that features in some older books such as Nelson's character dictionary is a system of 1850 official Chinese characters which was similar to the jouyou kanji list (see 1.2.4. What are the jouyou kanji?) and has now been replaced by it.

The touyou kanji list was originally approved by the Japanese government in 1946. The characters which were added to the jouyou kanji which are not in the touyou kanji are as follows: 猿凹渦靴稼拐涯垣殻潟喝褐缶頑挟矯襟隅渓蛍嫌洪溝昆崎皿桟傘肢遮蛇酌汁塾尚宵縄壌唇甚据杉斉逝仙栓挿曹槽藻駄濯棚挑眺釣塚漬亭偵泥搭棟洞凸屯把覇漠肌鉢披扉猫頻瓶雰塀泡俸褒朴僕堀磨抹岬妄厄癒悠羅竜戻枠

One character changed from 燈 to 灯, and some others also had their readings altered or removed.

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