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庸

JLPT N1 · 11 strokes

The kanji 庸 — “ordinary, mediocre”

庸 means ordinary, mediocre and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 11 strokes and uses the sloped roof radical (广).

Stroke order · 11 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ヨウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): —
Radical: 广 · sloped roof
Strokes: 11

How to remember 庸

Passable work under a roof (广) — average. 凡庸 means mediocre; 中庸 means the golden middle path!

Example words with 庸

On'yomi readings

凡庸ぼんようmediocre, average

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