Jinmeiyō kanji

The jinmeiyō kanji are the official characters authorized by the Ministry for justice, that is to say the second appendix of the law of enforcement of the rules of recording family (koshikihō shikōkisoku beppyō dai-nor, 戸籍法施行規則別表第二).

In general, the characters accepted in the complete names registers with the family register can only come from the Jōyō kanji, the jinmeiyō kanji, the Katakana and the Hiragana (excluding the Hentaigana).

With the publication of the ministerial opinion of 1946, which limited the number of Kanji usable in all the Japanese company (the Tōyō kanji), much of Kanji used in the proper names could not be used any more. Thus until May 25th, 1951, date on which the Ministry specified the 90 first jinmeiyō kanji, the name of the new-born babies could be made up only of the 1850 Tōyō kanji.

On 12 July 2004, there are 290 Kanji authorized for the names of people.

List jinmeiyō kanji (人名用漢字別表)

Separated by year from introduction.

25 May 1951

Publication of the first 90 characters of the jinmeiyō kanji.

丑丞乃之也亘亥亦亨亮伊匡卯只吾呂哉嘉圭奈宏寅巌巳庄弘弥彦悌敦昌晃晋智暢朋桂桐楠橘欣欽毅浩淳熊爾猪玲琢瑞睦磯祐禄禎稔穣綾惣聡肇胤艶蔦藤蘭虎蝶輔辰郁酉錦鎌靖須馨駒鯉鯛鶴鹿麿亀

Seven of them were transferred in the Jōyō kanji: 仙尚杉甚磨斉龍 (as a 竜)

30 July 1976

Addition of 28 Kanji for a total of 120 characters.

佑允冴喬怜旭杏梓梢梨沙渚瑠瞳紗紘絢翠耶芙茜藍那阿隼鮎葵

One was transferred in the Jōyō kanji: 悠

1 October 1981

Introduction of the Jōyō kanji, withdrawal of 8 Kanji (since added in the Jōyō kanji) and addition of 54 Kanji for a total of 166 characters.

伍伶侑尭孟峻嵩嶺巴彬惇惟慧斐旦昂李栗楓槙汐洵洸渥瑛瑶璃甫皓眸矩碧笹緋翔脩苑茉莉萌萩蓉蕗虹諒赳迪遥遼霞頌駿鳩鷹

1 March 1990

Addition of 118 Kanji for a total of 284 characters.

伎伽侃倖倭偲冶凌凜凪捺於旺昴晏晟晨暉曙朔凱勁叡叶唄啄奎媛嬉宥崚嵐嵯巽彗彪恕憧拳捷杜柊柚柾栞梧椋椎椰椿楊榛槻樺檀毬汀汰洲湧滉漱澪熙燎燦燿爽玖琳瑚瑳皐眉瞭碩秦稀稜竣笙紬絃綜綸綺耀胡舜芹茄茅莞菖菫蒔蒼蓮蕉衿袈裟詢誼諄邑醇采雛鞠颯魁鳳鴻鵬麟黎黛

3 December 1997

Addition of 1 Kanji for a total of 285 characters.

琉

23 February 2004

Addition of 1 Kanji for a total of 286 characters.

曽

7 June 2004

Addition of 1 Kanji for a total of 287 characters,

獅

July 12th, 2004

Addition of 3 Kanji for a total of 290 characters.

毘瀧駕

June 11th, 2004

No addition but a plan proposing to add 578 Kanji to the jinmeiyō kanji at summer deposited. They were proposed to the council on the jinmeiō kanji of the legislative council of the Ministry for justice. Certain characters which were the subject of a strong demand on behalf of the parents, like 苺 ( Ichigo “strawberry”) 遥 ( “distant” Haruka ) 煌 ( “scintillating” Akira ) 牙 ( Kiba “hook”), were included in the list. Much other was included not for their potential use in a name (as one will note it) but rather for their frequency of use and their facility of read/write: 糞 ( Kuso “excrement”) 呪 ( Norou “curse”) 屍 ( Shikabane “corpse”) 癌 ( Gan “cancer”). With this same council, it at summer decided to offer the chance to propose characters which will be included or excluded from the final report on the site of the Ministry for justice and this until July 9th, 2004.

July 23rd, 2004

No addition. After sharp protests, the council decided to withdraw nine characters of the 489 which received requests for withdrawal. The nine characters are 糞 (see higher) 呪 (see higher) 屍 (see higher) 癌 (see higher) 姦 ( Kashimashii “rape, seduction”) 淫 ( Midara “obscene”) 怨 ( Urami “resentment”) 痔 ( Shimogasa “hémorroïdes”) 妾 ( Sobame “concubine”).

The 480 other characters still remain under observation as for their withdrawal. Conversely with this tendency, a character was included, it acts of 掬 ( Kiku “to draw water with its hands”).

List traditional kanji tolerated in the names

List characters tolerated in the names, the majority being versions not simplified (thus antiquated) of those which are officially authorized.

Kanji coming from the jōyō kanji

(the squares are characters which is not in your police force Unicode, which is normal taking into account the scarcity of some.)

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Kanji coming from the jinmeiyō kanji

亙（亘）巖（巌）彌（弥）渚（渚）猪（猪）琢（琢）祐（祐）祿（禄）禎（禎）穰（穣）

Complete listing of the 290 jinmeiyō kanji

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