凡

ordinary; commonplace; mediocre

3 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1730.

Readings

• ボン (on reading): 平凡 (へいぼん) ordinary; 凡 (ぼん) ordinary
• ハン (on reading): 凡例 (はんれい) explanatory notes (at the start of a book)
• およそ (kun reading)
• おうよそ (kun reading)
• すべて (kun reading)

Components

• 几
• 丶
• 丶 radical dot
• 几 radical table

Kanji containing 凡

• 恐 fear
• 筑 an ancient musical instrument
• 帆 sail
• 汎 pan-
• 梵 Sanskrit
• 蛩 cricket
• 跫 sound of footsteps
• 鞏 hard
• 瀛 ocean
• 羸 thin
• 贏 victory

Words using 凡

• 平凡 (へいぼん) ordinary
• 凡 (ぼん) ordinary
• 凡人 (ぼんじん) ordinary person
• 非凡 (ひぼん) extraordinary
• 平凡社 (へいぼんしゃ) Heibonsha Ltd (publishers)
• 凡例 (はんれい) explanatory notes (at the start of a book)

44 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists