凡 — kanji meaning “commonplace”
凡
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
- Meanings
- commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
- On'yomi
- ボン (bon)、ハン (han)
- Kun'yomi
- およ.そ、おうよ.そ、すべ.て
- Name readings
- なみ、ひろ、みな
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1730 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 16
- Chinese reading
- fán — Chinese character page
Words with 凡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平凡 | へいぼん heibon | ordinary; common; commonplace |
| 凡人 | ぼんじん bonjin | ordinary person; average person; mediocre person |
| 凡庸 | ぼんよう bon'you | mediocre; ordinary; commonplace |
| 凡退 | ぼんたい bontai | out in 1-2-3 order |
| 非凡 | ひぼん hibon | extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable |
| 凡そ | およそ oyoso | about; roughly; approximately |
| 凡打 | ぼんだ bonda | easy fly; easy grounder |
| 平凡社 | へいぼんしゃ heibonsha | Heibonsha Ltd (publishers) |
| 凡夫 | ぼんぷ bonpu | ordinary person |
| 凡例 | はんれい hanrei | explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary) |
| 凡百 | ぼんぴゃく bonpyaku | various; many; all kinds of |
| 平々凡々 | へいへいぼんぼん heiheibonbon | very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common |
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