takes genitive case の, noun

  1. average, medium, common, ordinary.
  2. mid-grade (item), regular grade.

noun used as a suffix

  1. same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with.
  2. each (e.g. month), every.
  3. row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
なみ
 
並み なみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

row, and, besides
なら.べる なみ な.み (6th, N2)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ