普段

ふだん

usual, ordinary

Mnemonic

The same step of the same staircase every morning under the same sun, T-shirt and jeans, no thought given to any of it. Foo ふ, and the same Dan だん holding the door in 手段: ふだん.

Built from

普

ordinary, widespread

並 line up + 日 sun

段

step, grade

Steps cut into a cliff on the left, and a hand holding a tool on the right doing the cutting.

Words sharing these kanji

普通 normal, regular, average 階段 stairs 手段 means, way

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