RAIMBAULT ROUILLE et Les 500 kanji (ellipses)

Raimbault and Rouillé in their book Les 500 kanji saw fit to throw in compounds made with kanji which are not found in any of the 3 indices to that book.  Vexing. In one case the font used makes a kanji difficult to make out (for its high price, the printer and typesetter have let down the user.)

Rather than rail against them, I have started some web pages for those who buy the book and run into these not infrequent vexations and a few errors that seem inexcusable for a mere 500 entries for 50$ ( with 1500 often vexing compounds chosen, it seems, on a whim.)

Is that ellipses or elisions ?

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201 to 300 frequent kanji

The following maps frequent newspaper kanji against those in Les 500 Kanji (with the addition of Unicode values.)

freq 201 - 300

ROW,FREQ,UNICODE,RR#

201,247,両,4E21,R016
202,271,争,4E89,R021
203,212,件,4EF6,R000
204,217,任,4EFB,R000
205,278,企,4F01,R000
206,276,位,4F4D,R000
207,270,住,4F4F,R040
208,219,使,4F7F,R042
209,250,価,4FA1,R000
210,232,係,4FC2,R000
211,208,信,4FE1,R045
212,216,側,5074,R000
213,275,再,518D,R060
214,214,別,5225,R069
215,203,利,5229,R068
216,260,勢,52E2,R000
217,224,半,534A,R082
218,201,参,53C2,R000
219,284,口,53E3,R091
220,262,台,53F0,R093
221,243,各,5404,R000
222,235,品,54C1,R104
223,213,団,56E3,R000
224,211,在,5728,R118
225,241,基,57FA,R000
226,231,増,5897,R121
227,202,売,58F2,R123
228,238,変,5909,R125
229,244,始,59CB,R140
230,230,官,5B98,R000
231,264,容,5BB9,R156
232,287,少,5C11,R164
233,286,局,5C40,R167
234,245,島,5CF6,R171
235,299,工,5DE5,R174
236,293,常,5E38,R000
237,263,広,5E83,R182
238,300,建,5EFA,R188
239,251,式,5F0F,R189
240,218,引,5F15,R190
241,265,必,5FC5,R200
242,226,応,5FDC,R000
243,235,情,60C5,R000
244,233,感,611F,R000
245,221,所,6240,R217
246,239,打,6253,R000
247,236,投,6295,R000
248,257,挙,6319,R000
249,254,提,63D0,R000
250,288,放,653E,R000
251,295,料,6599,R229
252,226,昨,6628,R241
253,282,有,6709,R252
254,248,朝,671D,R257
255,253,村,6751,R261
256,258,果,679C,R267
257,294,校,6821,R268
258,281,格,683C,R000
259,206,案,6848,R270
260,290,検,691C,R000
261,222,次,6B21,R279
262,269,歳,6B73,R000
263,229,死,6B7B,R285
264,223,水,6C34,R291
265,220,求,6C42,R000
266,296,沢,6CA2,R000
267,280,流,6D41,R302
268,261,減,6E1B,R000
269,267,演,6F14,R000
270,274,無,7121,R310
271,215,物,7269,R314
272,234,特,7279,R315
273,298,状,72B6,R000
274,240,男,7537,R325
275,292,町,753A,R326
276,283,疑,7591,R000
277,246,直,76F4,R339
278,279,真,771F,R341
279,205,知,77E5,R343
280,252,確,78BA,R000
281,237,示,793A,R000
282,242,私,79C1,R352
283,289,税,7A0E,R000
284,209,策,7B2C,R000
285,256,終,7D42,R369
286,204,組,7D44,R000
287,277,置,7F6E,R375
288,273,能,80FD,R00
289,291,藤,85E4,R000
290,297,裁,88C1,R000
291,259,西,897F,R402
292,228,計,8A08,R408
293,272,談,8AC7,R000
294,227,論,8AD6,R421
295,255,運,904B,R444
296,285,過,904E,R446
297,207,道,9053,R443
298,210,集,96C6,R473
299,268,電,96FB,R478
300,249,革,9769,R000

In this set there appear to be 41 of the top 500 newspaper kanji that are not to be found in Les 500 Kanji.

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101 to 200 frequent kanji

The following maps frequent newspaper kanji against those in Les 500 Kanji (with the addition of Unicode values.)

freq 101 - 200

ROW,FREQ,KANJI,UNICODE,RR#101,115,七,4E03,R007102,101,不,4E0D,R014103,135,世,4E16,R015104,180,予,4E88,R020105,178,交,4EA4,R023106,126,以,4EE5,R032107,103,作,4E5C,R039108,146,保,4FDD,R000109,192,元,5143,R050110,173,先,5148,R052111,118,公,516C,R055112,174,共,5171,R056113,152,初,521D,R067114,197,判,5224,R000115,108,制,5236,R000116,130,加,52A0,R000117,111,務,52D9,R000118,185,勝,52DD,R000119,153,北,5317,R077120,137,区,533A,R078121,195,千,5343,R080122,154,午,5348,R110123,121,協,5354,R000124,172,原,539F,R000125,191,反,53CD,R088126,122,取,53D6,R089127,136,受,53D7,R090128,177,名,540D,R096129,182,向,5411,R099130,188,告,544A,R000131,124,和,548C,R102132,167,報,5831,R000133,139,多,591A,R129134,151,女,5973,R136135,187,委,59D4,R000136,144,安,5B89,R148137,133,家,5BB6,R155138,114,小,5C0F,R163139,131,山,5C71,R169140,181,川,5DDD,R172141,128,平,5E73,R179142,170,府,5E9C,R184143,110,度,5EA6,R185144,112,強,5F37,R193145,175,得,5F97,R000146,157,心,5FC3,R309147,132,思,601D,R206148,104,性,6027,R203149,116,成,6210,R214150,119,持,6301,R223151,155,指,6307,R223152,159,支,652F,R000153,147,改,6539,R000154,166,教,6559,R225155,148,数,6570,R227156,190,文,6587,R228157,169,書,66F8,R244158,117,期,671F,R258159,102,来,6765,R262160,184,査,67FB,R000161,156,権,6A29,R000162,127,機,6A5F,R277163,143,正,6B63,R282164,113,気,6C17,R290165,109,治,6CBB,R295166,171,活,6D3B,R300167,164,派,6D3E,R000168,200,海,6D77,R298169,168,済,6E08,R305170,165,点,70B9,R000171,161,産,7523,R321172,107,用,7528,R322173,199,画,753B,R327174,158,界,754C,R328175,163,百,767E,R335176,105,的,7684,R336177,140,県,770C,R340178,160,第,7B2C,R362179,162,結,7D50,R370180,125,統,7D71,R000181,141,続,7D9A,R372182,129,総,7DCF,R000183,196,考,8003,R382184,106,要,8981,R403185,176,解,89E3,R000186,149,記,8A18,R409187,145,設,8A2D,R000188,134,話,8A71,R413189,198,認,8A8D,R419190,179,資,8CC7,R000191,189,軍,8ECD,R000192,194,近,8FD1,R435193,142,進,9032,R442194,123,都,90FD,R453195,193,重,91CD,R457196,120,野,91CE,R458197,150,院,9662,R469198,183,際,969B,R000199,186,面,9762,R481200,138,領,9818,R000

Values of R000 above ( a total of 26 ) indicate that the kanji was not found in the book Les 500 Kanji.  One should note that a Japanese newspaper is more likely to have mention of politics and military matters than an introductory reader.

Raimbault Rouillé 100 of 500 kanji

The top 100 frequent newspaper kanji may not match to Les 500 Kanji by Isabelle Raimbault and Nathalie Rouillé.

Here is one such listing with Unicode values added :

ROW,FREQ,KANJI,UNICODE,RR500#
001,2,一,4E00,R1
002,14,三,4E09,R2
003,35,上,4E0A,R12
004,97,下,4E0B,R13
005,11,中,4E2D,R17
006,95,主,4E3B,R18
007,55,九,4E58,R9
008,18,事,4E8B,R22
009,9,二,4E8C,R2
010,31,五,4E94,R5
011,74,京,4EAC,R24
012,5,人,4EBA,R25
013,49,今,4ECA,R27
014,66,代,4EE3,R28
015,4,会,4F1A,R36
016,88,体,4F53,R41
017,39,党,515A,R000
018,56,入,5165,R54
019,75,全,5168,R35
020,92,八,516B,R8
021,93,六,516D,R6
022,44,内,5158,R59
023,69,円,5186,R58
024,13,出,51FA,R64
025,24,分,5206,R65
026,27,前,524D,R70
027,62,力,529B,R71
028,73,動,52D5,R75
029,89,化,5316,R76
030,8,十,5341,R10
031,41,合,5408,R98
032,15,同,540C,R97
033,54,員,54E1,R105
034,64,問,5546,R107
035,47,四,56DB,R4
036,50,回,56DE,R110
037,3,国,56FD,R113
038,40,地,5730,R117
039,52,場,5834,R120
040,81,外,5916,R128
041,7,大,4EBA,R131
042,72,子,5B50,R144
043,63,学,5B66,R147
044,48,定,5B9A,R151
045,68,実,5B9F,R152
046,34,対,5BFE,R162
047,42,市,5E02,R176
048,6,年,5E74,R180
049,91,当,5F53,R165
050,26,後,5F8C,R196
051,99,意,610F,R210
052,76,戦,6226,R215
053,60,手,624B,R219
054,17,政,653F,R224
055,51,新,65B0,R230
056,46,方,65B9,R231
057,1,日,65E5,R234
058,57,明,660E,R236
059,16,時,6642,R243
060,82,最,6700,R246
061,23,月,6708,R251
062,10,本,672C,R260
063,37,東,6771,R265
064,43,業,696D,R273
065,84,氏,6C0F,R000
066,28,民,6C11,R289
067,71,決,6C7A,R000
068,100,法,6CD5,R293
069,85,現,73FE,R319
070,86,理,7406,R318
071,29,生,751F,R320
072,90,田,7531,R323
073,32,発,767A,R333
074,76,目,76EE,R338
075,45,相,76F8,R000
076,21,社,793E,R348
077,58,立,7ACB,R359
078,61,米,7C73,R364
079,94,約,7D04,R000
080,79,経,7D4C,R368
081,38,者,8005,R382
082,19,自,81EA,R387
083,20,行,884C,R398
084,77,表,8868,R400
085,22,見,898B,R404
086,83,言,8A00,R407
087,87,調,8ABF,R420
088,25,議,8B70,R000
089,80,通,901A,R438
090,30,連,9031,R440
091,57,選,9078,R000
092,36,部,90E8,R452
093,53,金,91D1,R459
094,12,長,9577,R462
095,59,開,958B,R466
096,33,間,9593,R465
097,70,関,952A,R467
098,96,題,984C,R484
099,98,首,9996,R493
100,65,高,9AD8,R497

A trivial number of differences are due to R et R starting with the first ten numbers from 1 to 10. But each R000 above (a total of 7) is a kanji not found in Les 500 Kanji but listed as one of the top 100 newspaper kanji.

The above list was compiled using the Wakan Windows clipboard kanji viewer.

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