Memory phrase for the character: 般

般

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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 on which battle axes were held in hands were generally common.

Radicals

般 common, general
舟 boatThe radical fune is the image of a rowing boat without a stern, with two people, oars laid across and the bow at the top.
殳 Hand with axeThe Radical rumata shows a hand 又 with an axe .
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 Vocabulary

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

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