Moto 常: Usual; Ordinary; NormalKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジョウ
- Kun'yomi
- つね、とこ-
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 339 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジョウ)
- 常務じょうむmanaging director; executive director
- 正常せいじょうnormalcy; normality
- 通常つうじょうusual; ordinary
- 非常ひじょうemergency
- 常任じょうにんstanding; regular
- 日常にちじょうeveryday; daily
- 経常けいじょうordinary
- 常識じょうしきcommon sense; good sense
- 異常いじょうstrangeness; abnormality
- 経常利益けいじょうりえきcurrent profits; ordinary profit
- 常設じょうせつstanding (committee); permanent (exhibit)
- 常時じょうじusually; ordinarily
- 常連じょうれんregular customer; regular patron
- 正常化せいじょうかnormalization; normalisation
- 非常勤ひじょうきんpart-time work
- 常識的じょうしきてきordinary; sensible
- 平常へいじょうnormal; usual
- 常用じょうようhabitual use; daily use
- 恒常こうじょうconstancy; permanence
- 常勤じょうきんfull-time employment
- 健常者けんじょうしゃperson with no physical or mental disability; able-bodied person
- 常任委員会じょうにんいいんかいstanding committee
- 常駐じょうちゅうpermanent stationing; staying permanently
- 常習じょうしゅうcustom; common practice
- 尋常じんじょうcommon; usual
- 常備じょうびstanding; reserve
- 常勝じょうしょうinvincible; ever-victorious
- 常套手段じょうとうしゅだんone's habitual practice; usual measure
- 常態じょうたいnormal state (condition)
- 常温じょうおんnormal temperature; room temperature
- 常用漢字じょうようかんじkanji for common use; jōyō kanji
- 常緑じょうりょくevergreen
- 常緑樹じょうりょくじゅevergreen tree
- 常軌じょうきnormal course (of action); proper course
- 常道じょうどうnormal practice; proper practice
- 常食じょうしょくdaily food; regular diet
- 日常生活にちじょうせいかつeveryday life; daily life
- 日常茶飯事にちじょうさはんじeveryday occurrence
- 無常むじょうuncertainty; transiency
- 非常にひじょうにvery; extremely
- 非常口ひじょうぐちemergency exit
- 非常手段ひじょうしゅだんemergency measures
- 非常時ひじょうじtime of emergency; (in an) emergency
- 非常識ひじょうしきlack of common sense; thoughtlessness
- アヘン常用者アヘンじょうようしゃopium smoker; opium eater
- メモリ常駐メモリじょうちゅうmemory-resident
- 三角系異常さんかくけいいじょうtriangle anomaly
- 不正常ふせいじょうanomaly
- 五常ごじょうthe five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)
- 健常児けんじょうじhealthy baby; normal child
- 凡常ぼんじょうordinary; common
- 咽喉頭異常感症いんこうとういじょうかんしょうglobus pharyngis; lump in one's throat
- 国家非常事態こっかひじょうじたいstate of national emergency
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 常につねにalways; constantly
- 常つねusual state of things
- 常夏とこなつeverlasting summer
- 世の常よのつねordinary; run-of-the-mill
Other readings
- 常々つねづねalways; usually
- 一般常識いっぱんじょうしきcommon sense; general knowledge
- 国常立尊くにのとこたちのみことKuninotokotachi no Mikoto (eternal god of the land)
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Kanji that often appear with 常
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