context: The Japanese government issued a list of kanji characters called Tōyō Kanji on November 16, 1946 totaling 1,850 characters. This list contains simplified kanji characters or shinjitai (新 字体, new form characters). In contrast, kanji characters that have not been simplified are called kyūjitai (旧 字体).
question: What is the number of characters / letters in Tōyō Kanji?
answers.text: 1,850