凡

凡 (radical 16, 几+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓戈 (HNI), four-corner 7721₀, composition ⿵几丶)

• 𠆩, 𪞖, 㕨, 𪢵, 𫰉, 𭒺, 帆, 𫶿, 忛, 汎, 䏎, 杋, 𬂢, 𤆘, 𤖫, 𤜦, 㺬, 𤬨, 𡴉, 𥃵, 矾, 𬗄, 舤, 舧, 䖠, 訉, 𨈔, 軓, 𨟱, 釩(钒), 𨥵, 𠙜, 𩖛, 𩚑, 䭵, 𣔗, 𢔫, 骪, 𠔮, 𠥷, 𬹐, 𣋰, 𨙮, 𩾨
• 𪜠, 㞩, 竼, 芃, 𠘻, 𭴄, 𭃓, 𠫨, 梵, 𤈺, 𫷵, 𪎒, 𩬰, 䴟, 𠙩, 𠙮, 𠙱, 𮚝
• 風, 鳳 (originally contain 凡)

• KangXi: page 134, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1739
• Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 276, character 3
• Unihan data for U+51E1

Historical forms of the character 凡
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a plate, a flat dish.

Borrowed for abstract meanings. Another character 盤 (OC *baːn) was created to refer to the original word.

凡

1. ordinary; commonplace
2. worldly; mortal; earthly
3. outline; gist
4. (music) the fourth scale degree in the Gongche musical notation
5. every; all; any

   • 凡被造的，沒有一樣不是借着他造的。 [MSC, trad.]
     凡被造的，没有一样不是借着他造的。 [MSC, simp.]

     Fán bèi zào de, méiyǒu yīyàng bùshì jièzhe tā zào de. [Pinyin]

     Without him was not any thing made that was made.

6. altogether
7. A surname​.

• (ordinary): 偉 (extraordinary)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. in general, by and large
2. ordinary, common, mediocre
3. outline, gist

• Go-on: ぼん (bon, Jōyō)^{←ぼん (bon, historical)←ぼむ (bomu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō, uncommon)^{←はん (fan, historical)←はむ (famu, ancient)}
• Kun: おお (ō, 凡)^{←おほ (ofo, historical)}; おおし (ōshi, 凡)^{←おほし (ofosi, historical)}; おおよそ (ōyoso, 凡)^{←おほよそ (ofoyoso, historical)}; およそ (oyoso, 凡そ); すべて (subete, 凡て)
• Nanori: おおち (ōchi)^{←おほち (ofoti, historical)}; おし (oshi); ただし (tadashi); ちか (chika); つね (tsune); なみ (nami); ひろし (hiroshi)

• (rare) 凢

*/bɨəm/ → /bomʉ/ → /boɴ/

From Middle Chinese 凡 (MC bɨɐm).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ぼ​ん [bóꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [bõ̞ɴ]

凡 (-na inflection, hiragana ぼん, rōmaji bon)

1. mediocre, ordinary

   Antonym: 非凡 (hibon)

• 凡 (ぼん)ミス (bon misu)

凡 (hiragana ぼん, rōmaji bon)

1. mediocrity

   Antonym: 非凡 (hibon)

/opo/ → /ofo/ → /oho/ → /oː/

From Old Japanese.

Cognate with 大 (ō, “great, large”), and the oho- element in おほほし (ohohoshi, “unclear, indistinct; depressed, gloomy; stupid, imbecilic”).[2][1]

Historically also realized as obo in old texts, and cognate with the obo- element in 朧 (oboro, “hazy, vague, dim, indistinct”).[2][1]

凡 (-nari inflection, hiragana おお, rōmaji ō, historical hiragana おほ)

1. (archaic) dim, faint
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 2, poem 219), text here

     天 (そら)數 (かぞふ)凡津 (おほつの)子 (こ)之 (が)相 (あひし)日 (ひに)於 (お)保 (ほ)尓 (に)見 (み)敷 (しか)者 (ば)今 (いま)叙 (ぞ)悔 (くやしき) [Man'yōgana]

     空数 (そらかぞ)ふ大 (おほ)津 (つ)の子 (こ)が逢 (あ)ひし日 (ひ)におぼに見 (み)しかば今 (いま)ぞ悔 (くや)しき [Modern spelling]

     sora kazou Ōtsu no ko ga aishi hi ni oboni mishikaba ima zo kuyashiki

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   Synonym: 仄か (honoka)

2. (archaic) moderate
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3535), text here

     於 (お)能 (の)我 (が)乎 (を)遠 (を)於 (お)保 (ほ)尓 (に)奈 (な)於 (お)毛 (も)比 (ひ)曽 (そ)尓 (に)波 (は)尓 (に)多 (た)知 (ち)恵 (ゑ)麻 (ま)須 (す)我 (が)可 (か)良 (ら)尓 (に)古 (こ)麻 (ま)尓 (に)安 (あ)布 (ふ)毛 (も)能 (の)乎 (を) [Man'yōgana]

     己 (おの)が命 (を)をおほにな思 (おも)ひそ庭 (には)に立 (た)ち笑 (ゑ)ますがからに駒 (こま)に逢 (あ)ふものを [Modern spelling]

     onoga o o ōni na omoi so niwa ni tachi emasu ga kara ni koma ni au mono o

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   Synonym: いい加減 (iikagen)

3. (archaic) mediocre, ordinary
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 6, poem 965), text here

     凡 (おほ)有 (なら)者 (ば)左 (か)毛 (も)右 (か)毛 (も)将 (せ)為 (む)乎 (を)恐 (かしこみ)跡 (と)振痛袖 (ふりたきそで)乎 (を)忍 (しのび)而 (て)有 (ある)香 (か)聞 (も) [Man'yōgana]

     おほならばかもかもせむを畏 (かしこ)みと振 (ふ)りたき袖 (そで)を忍 (しの)びてあるかも [Modern spelling]

     ōnaraba ka mo ka mo semu o kashikomi to furitaki sode o shinobite aru ka mo

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   Synonyms: 普通 (futsū), 平凡 (heibon)

4. (archaic) 大: large, big; roomy, loose

• 朧 (おぼろ) (oboro, “hazy”)

From Old Japanese.

Appears to be a lexicalized adverbial use of the 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”) of classical adjective 多し (ōshi, “many”, modern 多い (ōi), same opo → ofo → oho → ō root).

Alternatively, might be adjective stem ō + conjunctive particle し (shi).

凡 (hiragana おおし, rōmaji ōshi, historical hiragana おほし)

1. about, generally, in general

   Synonyms: 凡そ (oyoso), 大体 (daitai)

• 凡 (おおし)河 (こう)内 (ち) (Ōshikōchi, a surname)

凡 • (beom)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 범
  • Name (hangeul): 무릇

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凡: Hán Nôm readings: phàm

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