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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

杯: counter for cupfuls, wine glass

Also: glass, toast

JLPT N38 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 不 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ハイhai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 祝杯しゅくはいtoast, celebratory drink
  • 優勝杯ゆうしょうはいchampionship cup, trophy
  • 一杯いっぱいa drink, a cup, full, a lot of
  • 二杯にはいtwo cups
  • 三杯さんばいthree cups
  • 満杯まんぱいfull
  • 乾杯するかんぱいするmake a toast

さかずきsakazuki · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 杯さかずきsake cup

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

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不

Also built on negative (不)

The 不 sound family doesn't share one reading.

Also read ハイ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
杯 counter for cupfuls · 木
vs否 negate · 口
杯 has 木 where 否 has 口.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bēi

Same form: 杯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
杯 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
杯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bēi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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