The order of frequency of use of kanji in this list was adopted from the book 2100 Kanji Ordered by Frequency of Use (よく使う順漢字2100 (yoku tsukaujun kanji 2100) .
Rank
Kanji
1
日
2
一
3
大
4
年
5
中
6
会
7
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The Jōyō Kanji (常用漢字, literally “regular-use kanji”) are a group of 2,316 Chinese characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education intended as a literacy baseline for those who have completed compuls…