All the Kanji You Need.

In this short 10-minute video are all the kanji the Japanese government believes you need to read a newspaper and other documents in Japanese. These are called the joyo kanji (常用漢字). These are the kanji all graduates of high school are supposed to know. In addition to these 1,945 kanji, last year an additional 196 kanji were added so actually there are 2,136 kanji (five were deleted.)

Then, in the second video, are the 1006 kanji all elementary school kids should know. These are arranged by their on-yomi rank. These are called the Educational (Kyoiku) Kanji (教育漢字)

The 1,945 常用 漢字

The 1006 教育漢字