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 and has now been replaced by it.The touyou kanji list was originally approved by the Japanese government in 1946.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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