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Zach

庸

Reading

Kana: ヨウ
Romaji: you
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: つね、のぶ、やす
Romaji: tsune, nobu, yasu
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Romaji

Meanings

commonplace, ordinary, employment

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  53
Frequency:  2038
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-3-8
Korean Reading:  yong
Chinese Reading:  yong1
Unicode:  5eb8
JIS:  4D47

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3128
Nelson Index: 1520
New Nelson Index: 1624
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3q8.2
Four Corner Index: 0022.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1875
Gakken Index: 1909
Japanese Names Index: 1507
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9378
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0588
Remembering the kanji Index: 1182
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1260
Kodansha Compact Index: 594
Kanji in Context Index: 1728
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1998
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2697
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1190
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1266
Essential Kanji Index: 1302
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3881
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 553
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1428

Words

庸 (よう、ちからしろ)
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period)
凡庸 (ぼんよう)
mediocre; banality; commonplace
登用 (とうよう)
appointment; assignment; promotion
庸愚 (ようぐ)
mediocrity; imbecility
庸才 (ようさい)
mediocre talent
中庸 (ちゅうよう)
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path; the Doctrine of the Mean - one of the Four Books
租庸調 (そようちょう)
corvee; taxes in kind or service (former tax system)
凡庸愚昧 (ぼんようぐまい)
ordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid
庸君 (ようくん)
stupid ruler
庸人 (ようじん)
common man
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