Where does “当用漢字” come from?

当用漢字 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 漢字, from Japanese 漢, from Middle Chinese 漢 — Han dynasty, China.

当用漢字 (Japanese): tōyō kanji kanji that were declared official by the Ministry of Education of Japan on November 16, 1946, later replaced by

Definitions

  1. tōyō kanji kanji that were declared official by the Ministry of Education of Japan on November 16, 1946, later replaced by

Ancestry of “当用漢字”, step by step

当用漢字 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 漢字

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese漢字kanji
2Japanese漢man; element in compounds, referring to things...
3Middle Chinese漢Han dynasty, China

via Japanese 当用

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese当用general use, current use, daily use
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