The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: outline, condition, approximation, generally

Kunyomi: おおむ.ね

Onyomi: ガイ

Composition: 木既

概

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

木

Examples

Examples with audio

概論（がいろん） intro, outline, general remarks

概念（がいねん） general idea, concept, notion

概略（がいりゃく） outline, summary, gist

概況（がいきょう） outlook, general situation

概要（がいよう） outline, summary

一概に（いちがいに） unconditionally, as a rule

概算する（がいさんする） approximate, estimate

Onyomi Examples

概（ガイ） appearance, look, aspect, strong spirit, mettle

概算（ガイサン） approximation, rough estimate, ballpark figure

気概（キガイ） strong spirit, mettle, backbone, guts, fighting spirit

梗概（コウガイ） outline, summary, epitome

Kunyomi Examples

概ね（おおむね） in general, generally, mostly, roughly, largely, mainly, on the whole, by and large, gist, point, main idea