Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

525 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set

Kunyomi: うつわ

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

械(きかい)   instrument

(ようき)   container, vessel

(とうき)   pottery, ceramics

便(べんき)   bedpan, chamber pot, urinal

(しょっき)   tableware

(がっき)   musical instrument

(へいき)   arms, weapons, ordinance

(ぞうき)   viscera, internal organs

消化(しょうかき)   digestive organs

用な(きような)   skillful, handy

用な(ぶきような)   clumsy, unskillful

(うつわ)   bowl, vessel, container

Onyomi Examples

device, instrument, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber

機械 キカイ machine, mechanism, instrument, appliance, apparatus

呼吸 コキュウキ respiratory organs

化学兵 カガクヘイキ chemical weapon

Kunyomi Examples

うつわ bowl, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber

きぶつ receptacle, container, vessel, utensil, implement, furniture, personal property, calibre, talent, ability

横綱の よこづなのうつわ mental characteristics expected of a grand champion