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Japanese Kanji by Level

An educated Japanese adult reads all 2,136 Jōyō kanji. KanjiSchool arranges them in the order Japanese people learn — the 1,026 Kyōiku kanji across elementary grades 1–6, then the 1,112 secondary-school kanji grouped into the 高手 · Master tier — starting from the 80 easiest Grade 1 kanji.

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Grade 1
Easiest
80 kanji
Grade 2
Easy
160 kanji
Grade 3
Medium
200 kanji
Grade 4
Upper
213 kanji
Grade 5
Hard
186 kanji
Grade 6
Hardest
187 kanji
Master 高手
Secondary · JLPT N1–N2
1112 kanji
Learn all 2,136 Jōyō kanji, level by level
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Updated: 2026-08-09