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shinjitai

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Also known as Shinjitai characters, simplified Japanese character, simplified Japanese characters, Shinjitais

are the simplified forms of kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the tōyō kanji list in 1946. Some of the new forms found in shinjitai are also found in simplified Chinese characters, but shinjitai is generally not as extensive in the scope of its modification.

Key facts

Chinese.kyujitai
新字體
Chinese.shinjitai
新字体
Chinese.hiragana
しんじたい
Chinese.katakana
シンジタイ
Chinese.revhep
Shinjitai
Chinese.kunrei
Sinzitai

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
writing system
Subclass of
kanji
Part of
Japanese script reform
Country of origin
Japan
Follows
kyūjitai
Image
営 Japanese Shinjitai.jpg
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Commons category
Shinjitai
opposite of
kyūjitai
native label
新字体
inception
1949-04-28
different from
standard hanzi character
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • Unofficial simplifications
  • Methods of simplifying Kanji
  • Adoption of grass script forms
  • Standardization and unification of character forms
  • Change of character indicating ''On'' reading
  • Adoption of variant characters
  • Removal of components
  • Adding a stroke
  • Inconsistencies
  • Simplifications in jōyō and jinmeiyō kanji
  • Traditional characters that may cause problems displaying
  • Controversies
  • Differences in simplification between Chinese and Japanese
  • See also
  • References
  • External links
  • Glyph conversion

are the simplified forms of kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the tōyō kanji list in 1946. Some of the new forms found in shinjitai are also found in simplified Chinese characters, but shinjitai is generally not as extensive in the scope of its modification.

Shinjitai were created by reducing the number of strokes in kyūjitai ("old character form") or , which is unsimplified kanji (usually similar to traditional Chinese characters). This simplification was achieved through a process (similar to that of simplified Chinese) of either replacing the onpu (, "sound mark") indicating the on reading with another onpu of the same on reading with fewer strokes, or replacing a complex component of a character with a simpler one.

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