Kanji N2

普: universal, wide(ly), generally

普 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning universal, wide(ly), generally, written with 12 strokes. It is read フ (on) and あまねく, あまねし (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 普通 (ふつう, normal) and 普段 (ふだん, usual).

普

Meanings

  • universal
  • wide(ly)
  • generally
  • Prussia
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#757 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • フ

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

Kun reading
  • あまねく
  • あまねし

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 普

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

  • 普通ふつう

    normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common

    JLPT N4
  • 普段ふだん

    usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary

    JLPT N3
  • 普及ふきゅう

    diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation

    JLPT N2
  • 普遍ふへん

    universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent

    JLPT N1
  • 普賢ふげん

    Samantabhadra (bodhisattva)

  • 普遍的ふへんてき

    universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

  • 普通預金ふつうよきん

    ordinary deposit

  • 普段着ふだんぎ

    everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.