CJK Type Blog CJK Fonts, Character Sets & Encodings. All CJK. #AllOfTheTime. Dr. Ken Lunde Senior Computer Scientist, CJKV Type Development Jōyō Kanji (常用漢字) represents the kanji that are in common use in Japan. Prior to 1981, it was known as Tōyō Kanji (当用漢字) and included 1,850 kanji. The last time that Japan’s Jōyō Kanji set was revised was in 1981, and 95 kanji were added, bringing the number o