Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 口 (くち) – mouth

Henshall Mnemonic: quality goods come in boxes

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #225 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 食料品   [しょくりょうひん]
  (n) foodstuff; groceries   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品物   [しなもの]
  (n) goods; article; thing   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 商品   [しょうひん]
  (n) commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 食品   [しょくひん]
  (n) commodity; foodstuff   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品   [しな]
  (n) thing; article; goods; dignity; article (goods); counter for meal courses   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品   [ひん]
  (n) thing; article; goods; dignity; article (goods); counter for meal courses   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 手品   [てじな]
  (n) sleight of hand; conjuring trick; magic; juggling   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 製品   [せいひん]
  (n) manufactured goods; finished goods   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 作品   [さくひん]
  (n) work; opus; performance; production   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 必需品   [ひつじゅひん]
  (n) necessities; necessary article; requisite; essential   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 上品   [じょうひん]
  (adj-na,n) elegant; refined; polished   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 薬品   [やくひん]
  (n) medicine(s); chemical(s)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 部品   [ぶひん]
  (n) parts; accessories   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日用品   [にちようひん]
  (n) daily necessities   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 下品   [げひん]
  (adj-na,n) vulgarity; meanness; indecency; coarseness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 賞品   [しょうひん]
  (n) prize; trophy   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 品質   [ひんしつ]
  (n) quality   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品種   [ひんしゅ]
  (n) brand; kind; description   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出品   [しゅっぴん]
  (n,vs) exhibit; display   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 用品   [ようひん]
  (n) articles; supplies; parts   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 景品   [けいひん]
  (n) gift; premium   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 商品券   [しょうひんけん]
  (n) gift certificate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 電気製品   [でんきせいひん]
  electronic goods   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 珍品   [ちんぴん]
  (n) curio; rare article   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 貴重品   [きちょうひん]
  (n) valuables; treasures   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 食品添加物   [しょくひんてんかぶつ]
  (n) food additive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品位   [ひんい]
  (n) grace; dignity; grade; nobility; quality   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品格   [ひんかく]
  (n) dignity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品詞   [ひんし]
  (n) part of speech   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 遺品   [いひん]
  (n) articles of the deceased   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 産品   [さんぴん]
  (n) products   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 逸品   [いっぴん]
  (n) article of rare beauty; gem   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品性   [ひんせい]
  (n) character   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品切れ   [しなぎれ]
  (n) out of stock   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一品   [いっぴん]
  (n) an item; article; dish; course   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 新品   [しんぴん]
  (n) (brand-)new article   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品名   [ひんめい]
  (n) name of product   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品目   [ひんもく]
  (n) list of articles   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小品   [しょうひん]
  (n) something very small; essay; literary sketch   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 副葬品   [ふくそうひん]
  (n) burial accessories   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医薬品   [いやくひん]
  (n) medical supplies   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 健康食品   [けんこうしょくひん]
  health foods   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目玉商品   [めだましょうひん]
  loss leader   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 物品   [ぶっぴん]
  (n) goods; articles   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盗品   [とうひん]
  (n) stolen goods; loot; spoils   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 品 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.