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At the end of every year, one kanji is nominated to become the “symbol” of that year. This kanji embodies the spirit of the past year.<\/p>\n

The official kanji of 2015 was announced yesterday: \u300c\u5b89\u300d<\/b>\u3000(\u3042\u3093, “an”)
This kanji appears in the words \u5b89\u5168 (\u3042\u3093\u305c\u3093, “anzen” – safety, security), and \u5b89\u5fc3 (\u3042\u3093\u3057\u3093, “anshin” – peace of mind), and was chosen specifically because of the terrorist attacks on Paris in November.
Asahi newspaper says the kanji \u5b89 was chosen because 2015 was a year during which “many people were wishing for safety and peace of mind”.<\/p>\n

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The official kanji of 2014 was \u300c\u7a0e\u300d<\/b> (\u305c\u3044, “zei” – tax), because of the 8% increase in Japan’s consumption tax that kicked off last year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The official kanji of 2015 was announced yesterday: \u300c\u5b89\u300d\u3000(\u3042\u3093, “an”)This kanji appears in the words \u5b89\u5168 (\u3042\u3093\u305c\u3093, “anzen” – safety, security), and \u5b89\u5fc3 (\u3042\u3093\u3057\u3093, “anshin” – peace of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGenki Japanese and Culture School - This year's kanji<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News and commentary from GenkiJACS, a Japanese language school in Fukuoka, Japan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/blog\/this-years-kanji\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Genki Japanese and Culture School - 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