document: A Web-accessible database of characteristics of the 1,945 basic Japanese kanji In 1981 , the Japanese government published a list of the 1,945 basic Japanese kanji -LRB- Jooyoo Kanji-hyo -RRB- , including specifications of pronunciation . This list was established as the standard for kanji usage in print . The database for 1,945 basic Japanese kanji provides 30 cells that explain in detail the various characteristics of kanji . Means , standard deviations , distributions , and information related to previous research concerning these kanji are provided in this paper . The database is saved as a Microsoft Excel 2000 file for Windows . This kanji database is accessible on the Web site of the Oxford Text Archive , Oxford University -LRB- http://ota.ahds.ac.uk -RRB- . Using this database , researchers and educators will be able to conduct planned experiments and organize classroom instruction on the basis of the known characteristics of selected kanji
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