Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
小 (ちいさい) – little
尚 (ショウ, なお) – esteem; furthermore; still; yet
巾 (はば) – cloth

Henshall Mnemonic: furthermore, the usual cloth, as always

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #293 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 非常に   [ひじょうに]
  (adv) very; extremely; exceedingly   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 非常   [ひじょう]
  (adj-na,n) emergency; extraordinary; unusual   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 異常   [いじょう]
  (adj-na,n) strangeness; abnormality; disorder   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常に   [つねに]
  (adv) always; constantly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常識   [じょうしき]
  (n) common sense   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日常   [にちじょう]
  (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) ordinary; regular; everyday; usual   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 平常   [へいじょう]
  (adj-na,n-adv,n-t) normal; usual   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 正常   [せいじょう]
  (adj-na,n) normalcy; normality; normal   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 通常   [つうじょう]
  (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) common; general; normal; usual   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 非常勤   [ひじょうきん]
  (n) part-time work   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 非常口   [ひじょうぐち]
  (n) emergency exit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 非常識   [ひじょうしき]
  (adj-na,n) lack of common sense   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常   [とこ]
  ever; endless   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常軌   [じょうき]
  (n) proper course; beaten track   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常勤   [じょうきん]
  (n) full-time employment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常時   [じょうじ]
  (n-adv,n-t) usually; ordinarily   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常識的   [じょうしきてき]
  (adj-na) ordinary; sensible; commonplace   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常習   [じょうしゅう]
  (n) custom; common practice; habit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常設   [じょうせつ]
  (n,vs) standing (a thing, in a place); permanent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 正常化   [せいじょうか]
  normalization   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常駐   [じょうちゅう]
  (n,vs) staying permanently; being stationed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常任   [じょうにん]
  (n) standing; regular; permanent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常任委員会   [じょうにんいいんかい]
  (n) standing committee   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常務   [じょうむ]
  (n) routine business; executive director   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常用   [じょうよう]
  (n,vs) habitual use; daily use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常用漢字   [じょうようかんじ]
  (n) kanji for common use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常連   [じょうれん]
  (n) regular customer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 尋常   [じんじょう]
  (adj-na,adj-no,n) common; usual   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経常   [けいじょう]
  (n) ordinary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経常利益   [けいじょうりえき]
  ordinary profit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 健常者   [けんじょうしゃ]
  (n) healthy person; non-handicapped person   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 恒常   [こうじょう]
  (n) constancy   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 常 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.