Asahi characters (朝日文字, Asahi moji) are forms of kanji particular to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Unlike Simplified Chinese, where simplifications apply to all characters, the general custom in Japanese publications is to print jōyō/jinmeiyō kanji in simplified shinjitai forms, and to print hyōgaiji (表外字, characters outside both lists) using their original, unsimplified kyūjitai forms.
Asahi characters (朝日文字, Asahi moji) are forms of kanji particular to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Unlike Simplified Chinese, where simplifications apply to all characters, the general custom in Japanese publications is to print jōyō/jinmeiyō kanji in simplified shinjitai forms, and to print hyōgaiji (表外字, characters outside both lists) using their original, unsimplified kyūjitai forms.
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