漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
凡: commonplace, ordinary
Also: mediocre
JLPT N13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
几 carries the meaning · 丶 is drawn in
3 strokes
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Two readings, and the words that use each
ボンbon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 凡人ぼんじんordinary person; average person
- 平凡へいぼんordinary; common; commonplace
- 凡退ぼんたいout in 1-2-3 order
- 非凡ひぼんextraordinary; uncommon; remarkable
- 凡打ぼんだeasy fly; easy grounder
およそoyoso · kun'yomi · on its own
- 凡そおよそabout; roughly; approximately
Also read ハン, おうよそ, すべて, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Origin unknown. It consists of two vertical strokes of unequal length.
Source: Wiktionary, 凡 (rev. 92199976), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Table (几) + a central mark. Something that is as common and uncomplicated as a simple "stool"—representing the "ordinary" or general nature of things.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ボン
3 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side凡 commonplace · 几
vs丸 round · 九In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fán
Same form: 凡 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 凡 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 凡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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