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commonplace

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Readings

On readingボン、ハン

Kun readingおよ.そ、おうよ.そ、すべ.て

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

commonplace
彼は非凡な数学的才能に恵まれている。He is endowed with unusual ability in mathematics.tatoeba
平安時代中期には明法勘文の文体が凡そ定型化されていった。In the mid Heian period, buntai (literary style) of Myobo kanmon was generally fixed.wiki
ordinary
彼は決して平凡な生徒ではない。He is no ordinary student.tatoeba
彼はまったく平凡な男だ。He is just an ordinary person.tatoeba
mediocreRtK

common

Synonyms

Homonyms

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Same reading (ぼん)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical几table

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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drop (丶) · wind (風)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 66

Compound words

凡そおよそ

about; roughly; approximately; generally; on the whole

平凡へいぼん

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable

凡庸ぼんよう

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

凡人ぼんじん

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

(through) a layman's eyes

ordinary and ignorant

Additional Examples

平安時代中期には明法勘文の文体が凡そ定型化されていった。

In the mid Heian period, buntai (literary style) of Myobo kanmon was generally fixed.wiki

凡そ文に属する者で敦基の弟子でない者はない、とまで謳われた。

He was so highly praised for his innate talents in literature, it was said that no poet was not a pupil of Atsumoto.wiki

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