When to omit kanji use?

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espen180

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Sometimes when I look up a kanji in a dictionary to see its readings and/or stroke order, it is listed as "not a general use kanji". An example is 誰. Would it be better to use kana in favor of kanji in this case, e.g. だれが高校生？

Any help is appreciated.

 

Elizabeth

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espen180 said:

Sometimes when I look up a kanji in a dictionary to see its readings and/or stroke order, it is listed as "not a general use kanji". An example is 誰. Would it be better to use kana in favor of kanji in this case, e.g. だれが高校生？

Any help is appreciated.

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It's an example of a kanji that is widely known and commonly used but for some reason fallen through the cracks of official jouyou-dom. Believe it or not, a lot of prefecture names have the same challenge.


If you are going to use a wildly obscure character beyond the general-use kanji, just please attach it with the reading !!!

 

Toritoribe

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According to a public opinion poll regarding Japanese language conducted by The Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2006, 96.6% of people use the kanji 誰 in daily life(use frequently: 88.2%, sometimes: 8.4%). Therefore 誰 is supposed to be added in the new Jouyou kanji list.

Jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

 

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espen180

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I understand. Thank you very much.

 

AJBryant

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I'm waiting for them to get around to adding 俺.

 

Elizabeth

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Kanji names of prefectures finally coming in 2010 :

「奈」「岡」「熊」「梨」「阜」「埼」「茨」「栃」「鹿」「阪」「媛」