常

usual; ordinary; normal; common; regular; continually; always; long-lasting

11 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 293.

Readings

• ジョウ (on reading): 非常 (ひじょう) extreme; 通常 (つうじょう) usual
• つね (kun reading): 常 (つね) usual state of things; 常々 (つねづね) always
• とこ (kun reading): 常夏 (とこなつ) everlasting summer; 常世 (とこよ) eternalness
• Read as a whole word: 常磐大学 (ときわだいがく) Tokiwa University; 常陸梅 (ひたちうめ) era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II; 常陸梅時代 (ひたちうめじだい) era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II

Components

• 尚
• 冖 radical cover
• 口 radical mouth
• ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
• 巾 radical cloth

Kanji containing 常

• 嫦 proper name
• 蟐 toad

Words using 常

• 非常 (ひじょう) extreme
• 通常 (つうじょう) usual
• 異常 (いじょう) abnormal
• 日常 (にちじょう) everyday
• 通常盤 (つうじょうばん) standard edition (record, CD, etc.)
• 常 (つね) usual state of things
• 常々 (つねづね) always
• 常御所 (つねのごしょ) room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian-period palatial-style architecture)
• 常に (つねに) always
• 常日頃 (つねひごろ) everyday
• 常夏 (とこなつ) everlasting summer
• 常世 (とこよ) eternalness
• 常滑焼 (とこなめやき) Tokoname ware
• 常闇 (とこやみ) everlasting darkness
• 常春 (とこはる) everlasting spring
• 常磐大学 (ときわだいがく) Tokiwa University
• 常陸梅 (ひたちうめ) era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
• 常陸梅時代 (ひたちうめじだい) era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
• 常盤桜 (ときわざくら) round leaved primula (Primula obconica)
• 常盤歴史資料館 (ときわれきししりょうかん) Tokiwa Museum of Historical Materials
• 常磐 (ときわ) everlasting
• 常磐津 (ときわず) style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
• 常磐木 (ときわぎ) evergreen tree
• 常磐津節 (ときわずぶし) style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
• 常葉学園浜松大学 (ときはがくえんはままつだいがく) Tokoha Gakuen Hamamatsu University

376 words in all.

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