Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: bottle, vial, jar, jug, vat, urn

Kunyomi: かめ へい

Onyomi: ビン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かわら

Meaning: tile

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

(びん)   bottle

詰め(びんづめ)   bottling, bottled

(かびん)   vase

空き(あきびん)   empty bottle

魔法(まほうびん)   thermos flask

Onyomi Examples

ビン bottle, jar, decanter, flagon, phial, vial

詰め ビンヅメ bottling, bottled

火炎 カエンビン Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb

スイビョウ portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up)

Kunyomi Examples

かめ earthenware pot

かめのぞき faint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name)

へい jar or vase with a long narrow neck

へいじ earthenware pot (used as a decanter), jar, jug

たいへい large earthenware pot

さかびん sake bottle