瓶
瓶 — Bottle
bottle, vial, jar, jug, vat, urn
On’yomiビン (bin)
On’yomiヘイ (hei)
Kun’yomiかめ (kame)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 瓶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓶 | びん bin | bottle; jar; decanter |
| 火炎瓶 | かえんびん kaenbin | Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb |
| 花瓶 | かびん kabin | (flower) vase |
| 瓶詰め | びんづめ binzume | bottling; bottled |
| 空き瓶 | あきびん akibin | empty bottle |
| 魔法瓶 | まほうびん mahoubin | thermos bottle; vacuum flask |
Study notes
瓶 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1528 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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