凡 – commonplace, ordinary, mediocre

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The kanji 凡 means commonplace, ordinary, mediocre. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボン、ハン (bon, han); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is およ.そ、おうよ.そ、すべ.て (oyoso, ouyoso, subete). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 几 (no. 16).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボン	bon
On’yomi	ハン	han
Kun’yomi	およ.そ	oyoso
Kun’yomi	おうよ.そ	ouyoso
Kun’yomi	すべ.て	subete

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 几 (Kangxi radical 16). Components: 丶・几.

Words using 凡

平凡へいぼんordinary大凡おおよそabout

Example sentences

その模様の色は実に平凡なものである。

The colors of the pattern are very ordinary.

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Kanji with the same radical

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