漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
品: goods, refinement
Also: dignity, article, counter for meal courses
口 carries the meaning
Oracle bone · Shang Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヒンhin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 品質ひんしつquality
- 品種ひんしゅbrand
- 作品さくひんwork (of fiction, etc.) [n.]
- 製品せいひんmanufactured goods
- 食品しょくひんfood product
- 商品しょうひんmerchandise
- 貴重品きちょうひんvaluables
- 上品なじょうひんなelegant
- 返品するへんぴんするreturn (an item)
しなshina · kun'yomi · on its own
- 品しなgoods
- 品物しなものgoods
- 品切れしなぎれout of stock
Also read ホン, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)口 + 口 + 口
Triplication of 口, representing various objects. Also occurs in 區.
Source: Wiktionary, 品 (rev. 93620773), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Three mouths together = many items produced or goods to be consumed, eventually coming to represent quality.”
Connections
Also read ヒン
5 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pǐn
Same form: 品 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 品 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 品 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin pǐn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.