品
goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings
On'yomi
- ヒン
- ホン
Kun'yomi
- しな
Meaning
品 centers on items of value and their quality: goods, articles, or the refinement and dignity that make something worthy. The counter for meal courses extends this idea to distinct, valued portions.
Most common words using 品
24 of 684- 作品さくひんN3
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
- 品しなN3
article; item; thing; goods; stock
- 品ひんN2
elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity
- 商品しょうひんN3
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
- 製品せいひんN4
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
- 食品しょくひんN3
food; food products; foodstuffs
- 新品しんぴん
brand-new article; new item
- 部品ぶひんN2
parts; accessories; components
- 品質ひんしつN2
quality (of a product or a service)
- 出品しゅっぴんN2
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
- 用品ようひんN1
articles; supplies (e.g. office supplies); things (for); utensils; goods; equipment
- 品種ひんしゅN2
type (of goods); sort
- 医薬品いやくひんN1
medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs; pharmaceuticals; medicine
- 上品じょうひんN3
elegant; refined; polished; stylish; sophisticated
- 景品けいひん
gift; premium; freebie; giveaway; something additional; an extra
- 薬品やくひんN2
medicine; drug
- 下品げひんN3
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
- 返品へんぴんN2
returned goods; returning purchased goods
- 賞品しょうひんN2
prize; trophy
- 物品ぶっぴん
goods; articles
- 遺品いひん
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; memento; keepsake
- 品物しなものN4
article; item; thing; goods; wares
- 品目ひんもく
item; commodity; list of articles
- 一品いっぴん
item; article
Study
Etymology
品 is formed by tripling 口 (mouth/opening), originally representing numerous objects or goods, which extended to quality and refinement.
Meaning mnemonic
Three mouths 口 stacked together suggest many items or goods being talked about, each one a refined article worthy of discussion.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒン, imagine a heap of fine goods: heap -> ヒン, and the three mouths represent the many items in the pile.