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Kotomora

品

goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 500Strokes9

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

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  • 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

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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.