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Japanese symbol for “prodigious”

Romaji: hibon
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual

In Japanese, prodigious is , read (hibon).

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Meanings

  1. adj-na, n extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious

Kanji and stroke order

un-, mistake, negative
on: ヒ
kun: あら.ず
8 strokes · JLPT 2
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
on: ボン、ハン
kun: およ.そ、おうよ.そ、すべ.て
3 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “prodigious”

WordReadingMeaning
すさまじい susamajiitremendous; terrific; enormous
てんさいてき tensaitekitalented; gifted; prodigious

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ひじょう hijouemergency
ぜひ zehicertainly; without fail
ひなん hinancriticism; blame; censure
ひこうしき hikoushikiinformal; unofficial
ひこうかい hikoukaiprivate; non-public; secret
ひこう hikoudelinquency; misconduct
へいぼん heibonordinary; common; commonplace
ぼんじん bonjinordinary person; average person; mediocre person

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.