品 — how to write the kanji for “goods”
品 means “goods”, “refinement” and “dignity”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in third grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 225th most used kanji. KanjiVG finds it inside 27 other kanji, 傴 (“bend over”), 區 (“ward”) and 嘔 (“vomit”) among them. On its own it is the word shina, “article; item”. Its common words take the reading hin: 作品 (“work”), 商品 (“commodity”), 製品 (“manufactured goods”) and 部品 (“parts”). Chinese reads it pǐn, “article”, at HSK 4.
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 口 (“mouth”)
- On
- ヒン, ホン
- Kun
- しな
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Its parts sit side by side: 口 (“mouth”, its radical), strokes 1–3; 口 (“mouth”, its radical), strokes 4–6; 口 (“mouth”, its radical), strokes 7–9, each finished before the next.
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕top leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑centerdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕centerrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottomrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
品 inside other kanji
KanjiVG count: 27 kanji.
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ヒン hin, ホン hon (rare)
- Kun (native)
- しな shina
- Meanings
- goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses
- Read hin
- 作品 商品 製品 部品 食品 医薬品
- School year
- third grade
- Newspaper rank
- 225th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 품 pum
- Common words
- 56 in JMdict
Words with 品
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作品 | さくひん sakuhin | work; piece |
| 商品 | しょうひん shouhin | commodity; article of commerce |
| 製品 | せいひん seihin | manufactured goods; finished goods |
| 部品 | ぶひん buhin | parts; accessories |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products |
| 医薬品 | いやくひん iyakuhin | medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies |
| 品質 | ひんしつ hinshitsu | quality |
| 用品 | ようひん youhin | articles; supplies |
| 品目 | ひんもく hinmoku | item; commodity |
| 品種 | ひんしゅ hinshu | type; sort |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N4, in list order: