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How many kanji characters are Japanese students officially required to learn by the end of high school?
2,136
characters
The official jōyō list runs to 2,136 kanji — and that's just the government-mandated minimum for reading a newspaper.SOURCEJapanese Ministry of Education (jōyō kanji list)
Scale check: 2,136 is roughly a village.
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