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Kanji Information Sheet for 物 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 牛 (うし) – cow
Henshall Mnemonic: cow is a thing with four legs
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #215 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #215 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 物 [もの]
(n) thing; object [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飲み物 [のみもの]
(n) drink; beverage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 果物 [くだもの]
(n) fruit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飲物 [のみもの]
(n) drink; beverage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 荷物 [にもつ]
(n) luggage; baggage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 動物 [どうぶつ]
(n) animal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 建物 [たてもの]
(n) building [K] [D] [Jisho] - 買い物 [かいもの]
(n) shopping [K] [D] [Jisho] - 買物 [かいもの]
(n) shopping [K] [D] [Jisho] - 食べ物 [たべもの]
(n) food [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
- 見物 [けんぶつ]
(n,vs) sightseeing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 着物 [きもの]
(n) kimono [K] [D] [Jisho] - 品物 [しなもの]
(n) goods; article; thing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 動物園 [どうぶつえん]
(n) zoo; zoological gardens [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗り物 [のりもの]
(n) vehicle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 贈り物 [おくりもの]
(n) present; gift [K] [D] [Jisho] - 忘れ物 [わすれもの]
(n) lost article; something forgotten [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 人物 [じんぶつ]
(n) character; personality; person; man; personage; talented man [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生物 [せいぶつ]
(n) living things; creature [K] [D] [Jisho] - 食物 [しょくもつ]
(n) food; foodstuff [K] [D] [Jisho] - 物音 [ものおと]
(n) sounds [K] [D] [Jisho] - 物価 [ぶっか]
(n) prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生き物 [いきもの]
(n) living thing; animal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 物語 [ものがたり]
(n) tale; story; legend [K] [D] [Jisho] - 物事 [ものごと]
(n) things; everything [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 見物人 [けんぶつにん]
(n) spectator; sightseer; onlookers [K] [D] [Jisho] - 器物 [きぶつ]
(n) container; receptacle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化け物 [ばけもの]
(n) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre [K] [D] [Jisho] - 売り物 [うりもの]
(n) article for sale; For Sale [K] [D] [Jisho] - 冬物 [ふゆもの]
(n) winter clothing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 履物 [はきもの]
(n) footwear; clogs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 海産物 [かいさんぶつ]
(n) marine products [K] [D] [Jisho] - 夏物 [なつもの]
(n) summer goods [K] [D] [Jisho] - 絵巻物 [えまきもの]
(n) picture scroll [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一人物 [いちじんぶつ]
(n) man of some importance; character [K] [D] [Jisho] - 唯物論 [ゆいぶつろん]
(n) materialism [K] [D] [Jisho] - 配り物 [くばりもの]
(n) present; gift [K] [D] [Jisho] - 怪物 [かいぶつ]
(n) monster [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水産物 [すいさんぶつ]
(n) marine products [K] [D] [Jisho] - 風物詩 [ふうぶつし]
(n) things which remind one of a particular season [K] [D] [Jisho] - 食品添加物 [しょくひんてんかぶつ]
(n) food additive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生物 [なまもの]
(n) raw food [K] [D] [Jisho] - 遺失物 [いしつぶつ]
(n) lost article [K] [D] [Jisho] - 宝物 [たからもの]
(n) treasure; treasured item [K] [D] [Jisho] - 宝物 [ほうもつ]
(n) treasure; treasured item [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生物学 [せいぶつがく]
(n) biology [K] [D] [Jisho] - 物陰 [ものかげ]
(n) cover; under cover; shelter; hiding [K] [D] [Jisho] - 持ち物 [もちもの]
(n) one's property; personal effects [K] [D] [Jisho] - 異物 [いぶつ]
(n,pref) foreign substance; foreign body; xeno [K] [D] [Jisho] - 物価指数 [ぶっかしすう]
a price index [K] [D] [Jisho]
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.