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Kanji Character Frequency in Japan

Agency for Cultural Affairs conducted a research on Kanji character frequency. They counted the number of Kanji by character, which are used 

- in printed media (169,050,703 characters)

- in web sites

- in The Asahi Shimbun newspaper

- in Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper

- in printed school textbooks

The research was carried out in 2005-2007. The following is the ranking of Kanji frequency. Rank 1 means it was the most appeared character in the sample.

 

Table 1: Kanji frequency in printed media

Rank Kanji
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
   

 

Table 2: Kanji frequency in web sites 

Rank Kanji
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
   

 

Table 3: Kanji frequency in Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper 

Rank Kanji
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95 調
96
97
98
99
100
   

Source is Agency for Cultural Affairs.

www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkashingikai/sokai/sokai_7/45/pdf/besshi_1.pdf

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