Memory phrase for the Kanji: 般

般

Kanji-Trainer
 

Meaning common, general, a kind, carrier, circulate

Pronunciation

HAN

Explanation

Left: boat 舟, right: weapon 几 (image of a battle axe) in a hand 又

Mnemonic
 
(Seafaring was dangerous:) Boats where they had a battle axe at hand were common.

Radicals

般 common, general
舟 boatThe radical fune as a picture of a rowing boat without rear with two persons, transverse oars and a rope at the front.
殳 Hand with axeThe Radical rumata shows a hand 又 with an axe .
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

一般 いっぱん  general, liberal, ordinary, average
全般 ぜんぱん  (the) whole, universal, wholly, general

At this page you get the memory phrases for learning the Japanese Kanji. If you are learning the Chinese Hanzi, please follow this link.
List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Kanji-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer