JLPT N3 · 11 strokes
Kanji 常: "usual, ordinary, normal"
The kanji 常 means "usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular, continually". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ジョウ in on'yomi and つね, とこ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つねとこ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular, continually |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 293 of 2,501 |
Common words with 常
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 非常emergency · extreme; great; extraordinary; remarkable
- 常にalways; constantly; at all times; habitually
- 異常abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable
- 常識common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge
- 通常usual; ordinary; normal; regular
- 日常everyday; daily; ordinary; usual
- 尋常common; ordinary; usual; average · fair (e.g. fight); gracious; honorable
- 常usual state of things
- 正常normal; regular
- 日常生活everyday life; daily life
- 日常的mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable
- 常人ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
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