20 most common newspaper kanji

1  日  day, sun, Japan, counter for days  ニチ  ひ
2  一  one, one radical (no.1)  イチ  ひと-
3  国  country  コク  くに
4  会  meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join  カイ  あ.う
5  人  person  ジン  ひと
6  年  year, counter for years  ネン  とし
7  大  large, big  ダイ  おお-
8  十  ten  ジュウ  とお
9  二  two, two radical (no.2)  ニ  ふた
10  本  book, present, main, origin, true, real, cntr (long cylindrical items)  ホン  もと
11  中  in, inside, middle, mean, center  チュウ  なか
12  長  long, leader  チョウ  なが.い
13  出  exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude  シュツ  で.る
14  三  three  サン  み
15  同  same, agree, equal  ドウ  おな.じ
16  時  time, hour  ジ  とき
17  政  politics, government  セイ  まつりごと
18  事  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly  ジ  こと
19  自  oneself  ジ  みずか.ら
20  行  going, journey  コウ  い.く
  
per kanjidic2 e-dict

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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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