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Kanji Detail for 般 - "kind, type, general"

般

  • Meaning

    般 means "kind, type, general."

    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.

  • 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.
  • Onyomitip

    han(はん) はん

  • Kunyomitip

    megu.ru(めぐる) めぐる

    tagui(たぐい) たぐい

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    舟 (fune・funehen)

  • Related Keywords
    kind type sort general common universal category class variety species genre manner way style ordinary normal regular standard usual

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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