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瓶

bottle
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingビン、ヘイ
Kun readingかめ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. bottle
    彼は瓶に水をいっぱい入れた。He filled the bottle with water.tatoeba
    彼は私を困らせるためにわざと花瓶を割った。He broke the vase on purpose to bother me.tatoeba
  2. vial
  3. jar
  4. jug
  5. vat
  6. urn
  7. flower potRtK
  1. decanter
  2. flagon
  3. phial

Synonyms

ボトル

Homonyms

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Same reading (びん)
便 · flight (e.g. airline flight)

Popular Usage

花瓶

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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puzzle · horns · two hands · tile · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · cane · stick (丨) · drop (丶) · fishhook · ice (冫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1109

Compound words

花瓶かびん
(flower) vase
火炎瓶かえんびん
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
瓶詰めびんづめ
bottling; bottled
魔法瓶まほうびん
thermos bottle; vacuum flask
小瓶こびん
small bottle
水瓶みずがめ
water jug
大瓶おおびん
large bottle
中瓶ちゅうびん
medium-sized bottle (of beer)
鉄瓶てつびん
iron kettle
溲瓶しびん
urine bottle
一升瓶いっしょうびん
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
四合瓶しごうびん
720ml bottle (of alcohol)
水瓶座みずがめざ
Aquarius (constellation)
哺乳瓶ほにゅうびん
baby bottle
ビール瓶ビールびん
beer bottle

On Reading Examples

彼は机の上の古い花瓶に視線を向けた。かびん
He cast an eye on an old vase on the table.tatoeba
彼は壊れた花瓶の破片をくっつけようとした。かびん
He tried to put the fragments of a broken vase together.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は机の上の古い花瓶に視線を向けた。
He cast an eye on an old vase on the table.tatoeba
彼は壊れた花瓶の破片をくっつけようとした。
He tried to put the fragments of a broken vase together.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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