Editing Kanji (section)

==={{translit|ja|Jinmeiyō}} kanji===
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As of September 25, 2017, the {{Nihongo||人名用漢字|jinmeiyō kanji|kanji for use in personal names}} consists of 863 characters. Kanji on this list are mostly used in people's names and some are traditional variants of {{translit|ja|jōyō}} kanji. There were only 92 kanji in the original list published in 1952, but new additions have been made frequently. Sometimes the term {{translit|ja|jinmeiyō}} kanji refers to all 2,999 kanji from both the {{translit|ja|jōyō}} and {{translit|ja|jinmeiyō}} lists combined.