Joyo Kanji List

Commonly used kanji in modern Japanese, organized by stroke count

2136 kanji

1 strokes 2 kanji

2 strokes 12 kanji

3 strokes 31 kanji

4 strokes 69 kanji

5 strokes 99 kanji

6 strokes 114 kanji

7 strokes 153 kanji

8 strokes 204 kanji

9 strokes 194 kanji

10 strokes 217 kanji

11 strokes 215 kanji

12 strokes 211 kanji

13 strokes 172 kanji

14 strokes 117 kanji

15 strokes 120 kanji

16 strokes 78 kanji

17 strokes 43 kanji

18 strokes 40 kanji

19 strokes 23 kanji

20 strokes 11 kanji

21 strokes 6 kanji

22 strokes 3 kanji

23 strokes 1 kanji

29 strokes 1 kanji

About Joyo Kanji

Joyo kanji are the commonly used Chinese characters for modern Japanese as defined by the Cabinet Notice "List of Joyo Kanji". Following the 2010 revision, the current list contains 2,136 kanji.

Joyo kanji serve as a guideline for general use in laws, official documents, newspapers, magazines, broadcasts, and everyday social life.

This page displays joyo kanji organized by stroke count from lowest to highest. Kanji with the same stroke count are sorted by character code.