般 – carrier, carry, all

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#649 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 般 means carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハン (han). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 舟 (no. 137).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハン	han

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: 舟 (Kangxi radical 137). Components: 舟・殳・几・又.

Words using 般

一般いっぱんgeneral全般ぜんぱん(the) whole

Example sentences

その理論はまだ一般に認められていない。

The theory is not accepted yet.

Tatoeba #206247

そのことは人間全般に言える。

That can be said of mankind at large.

Tatoeba #213128

Kanji with the same radical

航船艦舶舟艘

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