瓶: bottle, vial
- JLPT level N2
- 11 strokes
- Radical 瓦
Also jar, jug, vat, urn
Readings
On’yomi
- ビン
- ヘイ
Kun’yomi
- かめ
On’yomi and kun’yomi?
On’yomi are readings that came from Chinese, written here in katakana. Kun’yomi are native Japanese readings, written in hiragana. Which one is used depends on the word: kanji in compounds often take an on’yomi, and a kanji standing alone often takes a kun’yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Example words
- 瓶bottle; jar; decanter
- 花瓶(flower) vase
- 瓶詰めbottling
- 火炎瓶Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
- 魔法瓶thermos bottle; vacuum flask
Where do these words come from?
They are common words containing 瓶, from JMdict, picked automatically with words made of easier kanji first. They are not graded by JLPT level.
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Additional detailsSchool grade, frequency, Unicode and sources
- School grade
- Secondary school
- Newspaper frequency
- 1,528 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 瓦 no. 98
- Unicode
- U+74F6
School grade comes from the Japanese school curriculum. Frequency is the rank among the 2,500 most common kanji in newspapers. Neither is a JLPT level.
Sources for this entry
- KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0): meanings, on’yomi, kun’yomi, stroke count, school grade, newspaper frequency, radical
- Jonathan Waller's JLPT kanji lists (CC BY): JLPT level
- JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0): example words
- KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0): stroke order