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Kanji Detail for 普 - "widely, universal"

  • Meaning

    普 means "widely, universal." Also associated with everywhere.

    1. Universal - Widespread; pervading everywhere.

    2. Common - General; ordinary.

    3. General - Broad; comprehensive.

  • Words using

    • 普通 ふつう Listen normal; ordinary; regular
    • 普及 ふきゅう Listen diffusion; spread; popularization
    • 普段 ふだん Listen usual; normal; everyday
    • 普賢 ふげん Listen Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion
    • 普通預金 ふつうよきん Listen ordinary deposit; savings account; deposit account
    • 普遍 ふへん Listen universal; general; ubiquitous
    • 普遍的 ふへんてき Listen universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 普遍妥当 ふへんだとう Listen universal validity; fitting into any situation
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    • Verified meaning: widely, universal
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あまね, しん, ひろし, ふかつ)
    • Also carries these associations: everywhere

    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

    Given names (あまね)Listen (しん)Listen (ひろし)Listen

    Surnames (ふかつ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    universal; wide(ly); generally; Prussia

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    universal, general, widespread

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    general; popular; everywhere; universal

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    widespread, universal, general

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

    Broad, universal. 普及 means to spread universally. Such as 教育普及 (universal education). | Country name. Abbreviation for Prussia. In Europe. Now part of Germany.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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