Why is りんご written in hiragana?


I recently bought some apples and the term was written in hiragana.




りんご can be written in _kanji_ as 林檎. However, the second _kanji_ is not a
_jōyō kanji_ , so the whole word is often written in _kana_.

The same happens with hundreds of other everyday items

  * みかん 蜜柑
  * しょうゆ 醤油
  * みそ 味噌
  * ろうそく 蝋燭
  * にんじん 人参
  * タンス 箪笥
  * ネジ 螺子
  * ...




りんご can be written in _kanji_ as 林檎. However, the second _kanji_ is not a
_jōyō kanji_ , so the whole word is often written in _kana_.

The same happens with hundreds of other everyday items

  * みかん 蜜柑
  * しょうゆ 醤油
  * みそ 味噌
  * ろうそく 蝋燭
  * にんじん 人参
  * タンス 箪笥
  * ネジ 螺子
  * ...

