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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.

  • 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.
  • Onyomitip

    bin(びん) びん

    hei(へい) へい

  • Kunyomitip

    kame(かめ) かめ

  • Strokestip

    11 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    瓦 (kawara)

  • Related Keywords
    bottle jar vase container vessel flask pitcher jug pot glass ceramic liquid hold contain preserve store decorative elegant fragile delicate

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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