般 — kanji meaning “carrier”
般
carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
- Meanings
- carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
- On'yomi
- ハン (han)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #649 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 137
- Chinese reading
- bān, bō, pán — Chinese character page
Words with 般
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 全般 | ぜんぱん zenpan | (the) whole |
| 一般人 | いっぱんじん ippanjin | ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity |
| 般若 | はんにゃ hannya | prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment) |
| 諸般 | しょはん shohan | various; several |
| 先般 | せんぱん senpan | some time ago; the other day |
| 一般に | いっぱんに ippanni | generally; in general; widely |
| 今般 | こんぱん konpan | now; recently; this time |
| 般若心経 | はんにゃしんぎょう hannyashingyou | Heart Sutra |
| 一般的 | いっぱんてき ippanteki | general; popular; common |
| 各般 | かくはん kakuhan | all; every; various |
| 般若湯 | はんにゃとう hannyatou | sake; alcohol; liquor |
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