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Kanji Detail for 凡 - "ordinary, all, approximately"

凡

  • Meaning

    凡 means "ordinary, all, approximately."

    1. Approximately - Generally; roughly; outline.

    2. All - Every; entire; all.

    3. Ordinary - Common; average; normal.

  • Words using 凡

    • 凡人 ぼんじん Listen ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
    • 平凡 へいぼん Listen ordinary; common; commonplace
    • 凡そ およそ Listen about; roughly; approximately

  • Four-character idioms with 凡

    • 凡事徹底 ぼんじてってい Listen doing mundane things properly and thoroughly; thoroughness in all things; attention to detail

  • Tattoo check: 凡

    • Verified meaning: ordinary, all, approximately
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ただし, ちか, つね, なみ)

    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.

  • Name readings of 凡

    Given names 凡(ただし)Listen 凡(ちか)Listen 凡(つね)Listen 凡(なみ)Listen 凡(ぼん)Listen

    Surnames 凡(ひろし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    commonplace; ordinary; mediocre

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    all, any, every; ordinary, common

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    any, every, all; common, ordinary

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

    A comprehensive and summarizing term. Such as 凡例 (general rules). Also 大凡, meaning generally. | A term for the lowly and ordinary. Such as 凡夫 (common person), 凡人 (ordinary person). | Opposite of 仙 (immortal). Such as 塵凡 (the mortal world).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bon(ボン) ボン

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ouyo.so(おうよ-そ) おうよ-そ

    oyo.so(およ-そ) およ-そ

    sube.te(すべ-て) すべ-て

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    几 (tsukue・kinyo・kazekammuri・kazegamae)

  • Related Keywords

    ordinary approximately all common everyone obvious mediocre average conventional mundane normal plain regular routine everyday roughly entire

Sentences including 凡

  • He is no ordinary student.

  • She is no ordinary student.

  • He is just an ordinary person.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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