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物

Thing
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingブツ、モツ
Kun readingもの
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 9

Verbs with «物»

物語る

Meanings

  1. thingRtK
    彼は不思議な生物、例えばヘビのような生物が好きです。He likes strange animals, things like snakes, for example.tatoeba
  2. matter
  3. object
  1. article
  2. stuff
  3. substance

Homonyms

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Same reading (もの)
者 · person

Popular Usage

果物建物動物荷物買い物食べ物飲み物着物見物品物贈り物動物園

Radicals and components

Radical牛cow
Components
How it's built
物
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cow (牛) · knot · piglet’s tail

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1129

Compound words

果物くだもの
fruit
荷物にもつ
luggage; baggage; package; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
建物たてもの
building
動物どうぶつ
animal
食べ物たべもの
food
買い物かいもの
shopping; purchased goods
飲み物のみもの
drink; beverage
見物けんぶつ
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator
着物きもの
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
品物しなもの
article; item; thing; goods; wares
動物園どうぶつえん
zoo; zoological gardens
忘れ物わすれもの
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
贈り物おくりもの
present; gift
乗り物のりもの
vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction
穀物こくもつ
grain; cereal; corn
作物さくもつ
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
書物しょもつ
book; volume
植物しょくぶつ
plant; vegetation
食物しょくもつ
food; foodstuff
人物じんぶつ
person; character; figure; personage; man
生物せいぶつ
living thing; organism; creature; life; biology
生き物いきもの
living thing; living creature; animal; life
貨物かもつ
cargo; freight; money or assets
鉱物こうぶつ
mineral

On Reading Examples

彼は生物研究所に１０年近く従事している。せいぶつ
He has been engaged in the study of biology for nearly ten years.tatoeba
彼は生物の試験でカンニングした。せいぶつ
He cheated on the biology exam.tatoeba
彼は生物がよくできる。せいぶつ
He is clever at biology.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は物理学者だ。
He is a physicist.tatoeba
彼は物理学を専攻している。
He is doing physics.tatoeba
彼は物理学の著書を出版した。
He had a book on physics published.tatoeba
彼は物理学の実験をしようとしていた。
He was trying to make an experiment in physics.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Thing. 牛 (cow) + 勿 — a cow as the most valuable possession, a thing.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 物

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