品 (しな) Japanese meaning

品 (しな) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

品goods, refinement, dignity
科department, course, section
階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

Related words· 7

商しょう品ひんN3sense 1
商品 is the formal commercial term for merchandise sold in a store, while 品 is the everyday, general word for an item or article.
品ひん質しつN2sense 2
品質 is the technical, often industrial term for quality (as in quality control), while 品 is a looser, everyday way to talk about how good something is.
物ものN5sense 1
物 is the broadest, most generic word for a thing, whereas 品 specifically suggests a discrete item or piece of goods.
質しつN3sense 2
質 is a slightly more abstract word for quality or character, while 品 leans toward the perceived grade or class of a tangible thing.

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一いっ品ぴん
品 is a general word for goods or items, while 一品 stresses a single, specific item or piece.
品ひん目もく
品 is a plain, everyday word for an item or article, whereas 品目 is the formal term used when classifying items into categories, as in trade or tax documents.
品しな物ものN4
品 is a slightly more literary or terse way to say 'item/goods', often used in set phrases, while 品物 is the everyday word for the same idea.

Don't confuse with

品ひんN2
品 read ひん is the Sino-Japanese reading used in compounds and set phrases like 商品 or 品がある, while 品 read しな is the native Japanese reading used as a standalone word meaning 'goods' or 'quality', as in 品定め.

Counted with

品ひんN2
Used to count items such as goods or dishes on a menu.

Word family· 21

品しな物ものN4
article; item; goods
品しな薄うす
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods; in short supply
品しな切ぎれN3
out of stock; sold out

Written forms

品しなUsage96%
Standard kanji for 'article', 'goods', and 'quality'. Preferred spelling for senses 1 and 2.
しなUsage4%
Kana spelling is usual for the 'coquetry' sense.
科しな
Specialized kanji for 'coquetry' or 'flirtatiousness', mostly in the phrase 科を作る.
階しな
out-dated kanji form

Etymology

The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 品 is conventionally associated with 'goods' and 'quality', while 科 is used in the specialized sense of 'coquetry'.

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