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Kanji Detail for 瓶 - "bottle, jar, vase"

瓶

  • Meaning

    瓶 means "bottle, jar, vase."

    1. Bottle - A container with a narrow neck for liquids.

    2. Jar - A cylindrical container.

    3. Vase - A decorative container for flowers.

  • Words using 瓶

    • 火炎瓶 かえんびん Listen Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
    • 花瓶 かびん Listen (flower) vase

  • Tattoo check: 瓶

    • Verified meaning: bottle, jar, vase
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かめじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 瓶

    Surnames 瓶(かめじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bottle; vial; jar; jug; vat; urn

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    jug, pitcher, vase, jar, bottle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bottle, jug, pitcher, vase

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Anciently, a water-drawing vessel was called 瓶. | Today ceramic ware with a small mouth and large belly for holding liquids is all called 瓶. Also sometimes made of metal. Such as silver bottles, copper bottles.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bin(ビン) ビン

    hei(ヘイ) ヘイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kame(かめ) かめ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    瓦 (kawara)

  • Related Keywords

    bottle jar vase container glass vessel amphora canister carafe cruet decanter flask flagon pitcher pot receptacle urn

Sentences including 瓶

  • It was a vase that my son broke last night.

  • Do you have that bottle?

  • There is a vase on the table.

  • Please take care not to break this vase.

  • There is almost no water in this bottle.

  • How many flowers are there in the vase?

  • What a beautiful vase it is !

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