般
般 — Carrier
carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
On’yomiハン (han)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 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 般
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal; ordinary |
| 一般的 | いっぱんてき ippanteki | general; popular; common |
| 全般 | ぜんぱん zenpan | (the) whole; as a whole; in general |
| 一般に | いっぱんに ippanni | generally; in general; widely |
| 一般人 | いっぱんじん ippanjin | ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity |
| 諸般 | しょはん shohan | various; several |
Study notes
般 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #649 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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