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Chinese symbol for “generality”

一般性
yī bān xìng
general; generality

The closest CC-CEDICT match for generality is 一般性 (yī bān xìng), defined as: general; generality.

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Characters and stroke order

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
般 bān
sort, manner, kind, class
radical 137 ⾈ · 10 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一般性.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
一般yī bānsame; ordinary
一般来说 (一般來說)yī bān lái shuōgenerally speaking
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “generality”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.