凡
凡 — Commonplace
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
On’yomiボン (bon)
On’yomiハン (han)
Kun’yomiおよそ (oyoso)
Kun’yomiおうよそ (ouyoso)
Kun’yomiすべて (subete)
Stroke order (3 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 凡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平凡 | へいぼん heibon | ordinary; common; commonplace |
| 凡そ | およそ oyoso | about; roughly; approximately |
| 凡人 | ぼんじん bonjin | ordinary person; average person; mediocre person |
| 凡退 | ぼんたい bontai | out in 1-2-3 order |
| 凡 | ぼん bon | ordinary; common; mediocre |
| 非凡 | ひぼん hibon | extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable |
Study notes
凡 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 3 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1730 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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