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Chapter 3: Character Set Standards

Hanzi lists in TaiwanTable 3-2.

Standard Nickname Date of establishment Number of hanzi

罕用字體表 丙表 (bǐngbiǎo)

October 10, 1983 18,480

異體國字字表

none March 29, 1984 18,609

ese hanzi lists will become useful when discussing the CNS 11643-2007 and CCCII

coded character set standards from Taiwan later in this chapter. Appendix H provides a

complete listing of the hanzi that make up the rst two lists, specically Chángyòng Hànzì

and Cìchángyòng Hànzì.

Compared to other CJKV locales, Taiwan has clearly established NCSes with the most

characters. In fact, the total number of their hanzi is very close to the total number of

hanzi in one of the largest CCSes from Taiwan, specically CNS 11643-2007, which in-

cludes 69,134 hanzi in 13 planes.

Kanji in Japan

Noncoded Japanese character sets include Gakushū Kanji (formerly Kyōiku Kanji)—the

1,006 kanji formally taught during the rst six grades in Japanese schools; Jōyō Kanji (for-

merly Tōyō Kanji)—the 1,945 kanji designated by the Japanese government as the ones to

be used in public documents such as newspapers; Jinmei-yō Kanji—the 983 kanji sanc-

tioned by the Japanese government for use in writing personal names; and NLC Kanji

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the 1,022 kanji beyond Jōyō Kanji that have been deemed useful. e growth and develop-

ment of these character sets are listed in Table 3-3 (note that some were renamed).

Evolving kan