Jisho

×

3 strokes
Radical:
table
Parts:
Variants:
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1730 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 凡 【ボン】 ordinary, common, mediocre
  • 凡人 【ボンジン】 ordinary person, average person, mediocre person
  • 超凡 【チョウボン】 extraordinary
  • 不凡 【フボン】 uncommon, outstanding
  • 凡百 【ボンピャク】 various, many, all kinds of
  • 凡例 【ハンレイ】 explanatory notes (at the start of a book), introductory remarks, usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary), legend (on maps, drawings, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 凡そ 【およそ】 about, roughly, approximately, generally, on the whole, as a rule, completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb), outline, gist
  • 全て 【すべて】 everything, all, the whole, entirely, completely, wholly, all
  • すべての道はローマに通ず 【すべてのみちはローマにつうず】 all roads lead to Rome

Readings

Japanese names:
なみ、 ひろ、 みな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan2
Korean:
beom

Spanish

  • mediocre
  • insignificante

Portuguese

  • medíocre

French

  • médiocre
1827 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1507 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1338 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1084 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
37 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1153 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
467 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
170 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3656 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1866 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2543 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
62 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1739 Morohashi
2938 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
433 New Nelson (John Haig)
62 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
66 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1013 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3656 2001 Kanji
2s1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
7721.0 Four corner code
1-43-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51e1 Unicode hex code

退

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
424 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 退役 【タイエキ】 retiring from military service
  • 退院 【タイイン】 leaving hospital, discharge from hospital
  • 進退 【シンタイ】 advance or retreat, moving forwards or backwards, movement, course of action, behaviour, conduct, attitude, remaining in one's post or resigning, staying or leaving
  • 勇退 【ユウタイ】 retiring voluntarily, resigning one's post (to make way for others), stepping down, bowing out

Kun reading compounds

  • 退く 【しりぞく】 to step back, to move back, to retreat, to withdraw (from the presence of a superior), to leave, to exit, to resign, to retire, to quit, to concede
  • 退ける 【しりぞける】 to refuse, to reject, to turn down, to dismiss, to repel, to repulse, to drive away, to beat off, to defeat, to make (someone) leave, to send away, to turn away, to force (someone) to leave their post, to oust, to remove, to expel
  • 退く 【ひく】 to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat, to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling), to resign, to retire, to quit
  • 退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede
  • 退ける 【のける】 to put something out of the way, to move (something, someone) aside, to remove, to exclude, to take away, to set aside, to keep apart, to remove (someone) from the group, to shun, to do well despite difficulties, to accomplish despite adversity, to do resolutely, to do boldly
  • 退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tui4
Korean:
toe

Spanish

  • retroceder
  • retirarse
  • renunciar
  • dimitir
  • destruir
  • negar
  • rechazar
  • rehusar

Portuguese

  • retirada
  • sacar
  • retirar
  • pedir demissão
  • repelir
  • expelir
  • rejeitar

French

  • retraite
  • se retirer
  • démissionner
  • repousser
  • exclure
  • rejeter
839 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
769 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
746 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
613 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4684 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
459 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
954 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1236A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
846 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
865 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
348 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
687 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3838 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1969 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2665 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1477 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38839P Morohashi
3094 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6040 New Nelson (John Haig)
1465 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1575 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
703 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3865 2001 Kanji
2q6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3730.3 Four corner code
1-34-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9000 Unicode hex code