Kanji Detail for 概 - "general, roughly, outline"

概

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
概 means "general, roughly, outline."
1. Generally - Roughly; approximately; outline.
2. Leveling stick - A stick for leveling grain in a measuring container.
3. Appearance - State; manner.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

outline; condition; approximation; generally

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

generally, approximately

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

generally, probably, approximately

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

A wooden stick for leveling measuring vessels (斗斛). | To measure. Such as a fine matter called 勝概, meaning its measure. A person's integrity is called 節概, 風概, referring to capacity and bearing. | The meaning of encompassing. Such as "all" is called 一概. Also 大概 (generally), roughly. Also called 梗概 (outline). | [Character explanation]
Onyomi

gai(がい)

kai(かい)
Kunyomi

oomu.ne(おおむね)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
general roughly approximately outline summary concept overview generalization estimate mostly broadly overall approximate

概して言えば、彼女の言うことは正しい。
Generally speaking , what she says is right.
概して秋には雨が多い。
As a rule , we have a lot of rain in fall.
日本人は概して時間を守らない。
The japanese are not punctual as a rule.
酒もいいが大概にしておきなさい。
It's all right to drink , but drink in moderation.
概して彼女は早起きだ。
As a rule , she is an early riser.
私の仕事は大概片付いた。
My work is almost finished.
概して日本では６月には雨が多い。
As a rule we have much rain in june in japan.
私の意見は概して君のと同じだ。
My opinion is on the whole the same as yours.
概して私たちの英語の先生はたくさんの宿題を出す。
As a rule , our english teacher gives a lot of homework.
概してあなたの企画はとてもよいものだと思う。
On the whole , i think your plan is a very good one.