Most Important 1006 Ideographs for Japanese

Japanese elementary school graduates have to know the following 1006 ideographs. In other words, the following 1006 ideographs are very important and basic.

I compared Chinese (GB2312, CNS11643, CCCII, and Big Five), Japanese (JISX0208 and JISX0212), and Korean KSC5601 shapes of ideographs available at http://charts.unicode.org/unihan/unihan.acgi$0x????. Note I didn't checked "Unicode" one. This comparison is entirely based on my impression as a native Japanese speaker. The impression might be different depending on the age, level of education, and so on.

Identical means Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions are exactly identical. Note that difference of glyph design is ignored and classified to be identical.

Acceptable means Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions are a bit different but acceptable for Japanese people for plain text. (This does not mean these differences are acceptable for printing or rich text.)

Wrong means Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions are different and Japanese people regard Chinese or Korean version as wrong character though they can guess correct one.

Unreadable means Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions are different and Japanese people cannot read Chinese or Korean version, or misunderstand as different character.

1st grade (80)

2nd grade (160)

3rd grade (200)

4th grade (200)

5th grade (185)

6th grade (181)