The jinmeiyō kanji (, Chinese characters for use in personal names) are a set of 983
Chinese characters known as the "name kanji" in
English. They are a supplementary set of
characters which can be legally used in registered personal names in Japan, despite not being in that country's set of "commonly used characters" (
jōyō kanji). As a rule, registered personal names may contain only jōyō kanji, jinmeiyō kanji,
katakana and
hiragana.
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