Kanji N2

般: carrier, carry, all

般 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning carrier, carry, all, written with 10 strokes. It is read ハン (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 全般 (ぜんぱん, whole) and 一般 (いっぱん, general).

般

Meanings

  • carrier
  • carry
  • all
  • general
  • sort
  • kind
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#649 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 般

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 全般ぜんぱん

    (the) whole

    JLPT N2
  • 一般いっぱん

    general; universal

    JLPT N3
  • 先般せんぱん

    some time ago; the other day

  • 一般的いっぱんてき

    general; popular; common; typical

  • 一般にいっぱんに

    generally; in general; widely; commonly

  • 一般人いっぱんじん

    ordinary person; member of the general public

  • 諸般しょはん

    various; several

  • 般若はんにゃ

    prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment)

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