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瓶

瓶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かめ。酒などをいれる、口は小さく腹は大きい容器。
  2. つるべ。水を汲む器。
  3. こしき。米などを炊く器。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「瓦」+音符「并」。「かめ」「つるべ」を意味する漢語｛瓶｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bottle, vial, jar, jug, vat, urn

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ビンJHS
  • ヘイ
Kun (native)
  • かめ
Nanori (used in names)
  • べ
  • ぺ
Other languages
  • 拼音ping2
  • 한글byeong
  • Hán-ViệtBình

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
瓦(かわら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+74F6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰并瓦

Words using this kanji

  • 瓶びん液体や漬物、ジャムなどを入れるガラス製、陶磁器製、プラスチック製などの容器。bottle, jar, decanter, flagon
  • 瓶詰めびんづめbottling, bottled
  • 瓶へい液体や漬物、ジャムなどを入れるガラス製、陶磁器製、プラスチック製などの容器。jar or vase with a long narrow neck
  • 瓶子へいじ（古用）酒を入れる容器。後代の徳利。earthenware pot (used as a decanter), jar, jug
  • 瓶掛びんかけinstrument used in tea ceremony
  • 瓶覗かめのぞきfaint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name)
  • 瓶型びんがたbottle-shaped, bottle-type
  • 瓶底びんぞこbottom of a glass bottle
  • 瓶の栓びんのせんbottle stopper
  • 瓶子草へいしそうsarracenia
  • 瓶入りびんいりbottled
  • 瓶ビールびんビールbottled beer, bottle beer
  • 瓶に詰めるびんにつめるto fill a bottle

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Variants

Lookup codes

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