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常

Kanji 常: meaning "usual, normal", readings, stroke order

The kanji 常 means "usual, normal". On'yomi: ジョウ; kun'yomi: つね、とこ. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
usual, normal
On'yomi
ジョウ
Kun'yomi
つねとこ
Strokes
11
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 常

  • 非常に ひじょうに — extremely; very
  • 常識 じょうしき — Common sense
  • 異常 いじょう — strangeness, abnormality, disorder
  • 常に つねに — always (same as いつも) (written expression)
  • 日常 にちじょう — ordinary, regular, everyday
  • 非常 ひじょう — emergency, extraordinary, unusual
  • 正常 せいじょう — normalcy, normality, normal
  • 通常 つうじょう — common, normal, usual
  • 平常 へいじょう — normal, usual

Stroke order · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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