Jōyō kanji
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Jōyō kanji are the set of standard Chinese characters officially designated by the Japanese government as essential for everyday literacy and education.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jōyō kanji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19376596 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jōyō kanji Context triple: [河, gradeLevelInJapan, Jōyō kanji]
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A.
Kanji
Kanji are logographic characters of Chinese origin used in the Japanese writing system alongside hiragana and katakana.
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B.
Jōyō
Jōyō is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential communities and proximity to both Kyoto and Nara within the broader Kyoto metropolitan area.
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C.
Hiragana
Hiragana is a Japanese phonetic syllabary used primarily for native words, grammatical elements, and beginners’ reading and writing.
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D.
Katakana
Katakana is one of the two main Japanese phonetic writing systems, primarily used for foreign words, onomatopoeia, emphasis, and technical or scientific terms.
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E.
Kana Extended-B
Kana Extended-B is a Unicode block that contains additional Japanese kana characters used for specialized phonetic and historical writing systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jōyō kanji Target entity description: Jōyō kanji are the set of standard Chinese characters officially designated by the Japanese government as essential for everyday literacy and education.
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A.
Kanji
Kanji are logographic characters of Chinese origin used in the Japanese writing system alongside hiragana and katakana.
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B.
Jōyō
Jōyō is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential communities and proximity to both Kyoto and Nara within the broader Kyoto metropolitan area.
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C.
Hiragana
Hiragana is a Japanese phonetic syllabary used primarily for native words, grammatical elements, and beginners’ reading and writing.
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D.
Katakana
Katakana is one of the two main Japanese phonetic writing systems, primarily used for foreign words, onomatopoeia, emphasis, and technical or scientific terms.
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E.
Kana Extended-B
Kana Extended-B is a Unicode block that contains additional Japanese kana characters used for specialized phonetic and historical writing systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.