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Kanji Detail for 般 - "kind, to carry"

般

  • Meaning

    般 means "kind, to carry." Also associated with to circulate.

    1. Kind - Type; category; distinction.

    2. To circulate - To go around.

    3. To carry - To move; to transport.

    4. To spread - To distribute.

    5. To be confused - To be in disarray.

  • Words using 般

    • 一般 いっぱん Listen general; universal; ordinary
    • 一般的 いっぱんてき Listen general; popular; common
    • 全般 ぜんぱん Listen (the) whole; as a whole; in general
    • 一般に いっぱんに Listen generally; in general; widely
    • 一般人 いっぱんじん Listen ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

  • Four-character idioms with 般

    • 武芸百般 ぶげいひゃっぱん Listen every martial art; all the martial arts

  • Tattoo check: 般

    • Verified meaning: kind, to carry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to circulate

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    carrier; carry; all; general; sort; kind

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sort, manner, kind, category

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sort; kind; class; way; manner

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sort, manner, kind, class

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The meaning of revolving. Such as 般遊 (wandering), 般樂 (reveling), 般桓 (lingering). All mean lingering and forgetting to return. | To move. Colloquially written as 搬. Pronounced like 半 in Level tone. | To return. 班師 (withdraw troops). Also written as 般師. | Has the meaning of the same kind. Such as being the same is called 一般. This kind is called 這般.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    舟 (fune・funehen)

  • Related Keywords

    kind to circulate to carry to be confused to spread circulation disorder sort general universal common ordinary regular standard category widespread overall

Sentences including 般

  • I get up early in summer as a rule.

  • They were for the most part young people.

  • The weather this week has been good on the whole.

  • The people at large were against the war.

  • People as a whole don't do things like that.

  • This garden is open to the public.

  • The people at large are against war.

  • He is popular with the people at large.

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