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普

universal
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingフ
Kun readingあまね.く、あまねし
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. universalRtK
  2. general
  3. widespread
  4. prussia
  1. diffusion
  2. spread
  3. popularization
  4. promulgation
  5. familiarization

Popular Usage

普通

Radicals and components

Radical日sun
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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row · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1925

Compound words

普通ふつう
normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common
普及するふきゅうする
to spread; to become widespread
普及ふきゅう
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
普賢ふげん
Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion
普段ふだん
usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary
普遍ふへん
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
普段着ふだんぎ
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
普遍的ふへんてき
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
普通選挙ふつうせんきょ
universal suffrage
普通預金ふつうよきん
ordinary deposit; savings account; deposit account
普くあまねく
widely
普請ふしん
building
安普請やすぶしん
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
仮普請かりぶしん
temporary building
普及版ふきゅうばん
cheap edition (of a book, etc.)
普及率ふきゅうりつ
diffusion rate
普請場ふしんば
building plot
普偏性ふへんせい
universality
普遍性ふへんせい
universality
普魯西プロシア
Prussia
割り普請わりぶしん
dividing work among several contractors
普通列車ふつうれっしゃ
local train
普遍妥当ふへんだとう
universal validity
普墺戦争ふおうせんそう
Austro-Prussian War (1866)

Additional Examples

彼は普通現金のかわりにクレジットカードを使います。
He usually uses credit cards instead of cash.tatoeba
彼は普通の人間です。
He's just an ordinary man.tatoeba
彼は普通の人より遥かに力が強い。
His strength is much greater than that of an ordinary man.tatoeba
彼は普通の人にすぎない。
He is nothing but an ordinary man.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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