Kanji 品

音読おんよみ: ヒン・ホン

訓読くんよみ: しな

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: くち(口)

Meaning

Goods / Item / Quality

  • 品物しなもの — goods, merchandise
  • 食品しょくひん — food product
  • 上品じょうひん — elegant, refined
  • 下品げひん — vulgar, crude
  • 品質ひんしつ — quality
  • 品種ひんしゅ — breed, variety
  • 作品さくひん — a piece of work, production

The kanji 品 is made of three 口 (mouth) symbols, suggesting a collection or variety of voices/things. It now signifies “items” or “goods,” and is also used metaphorically to refer to dignity or character.

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