凡 means “commonplace, ordinary, all”

ぼん · bon

Also: mediocre

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): およそ, おうよそ, すべて
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ボン, ハン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 3 strokes

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A plain frame (几) with a single dot (丶) inside: about as ordinary as a kanji gets. 平凡 is ordinary, a 凡人 is an everyday person, 非凡 is anything but, and a 凡ミス is a careless, avoidable slip.

Used in 平凡 (heibon, ordinary), 非凡 (hibon, extraordinary), and 凡人 (bonjin, ordinary person)

凡 means “commonplace, ordinary, all”

The story

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