品

See also: 晶 and 㗊

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

品 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口口口 (RRR), four-corner 6066₀, composition ⿱口吅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3581
• Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 615, character 10
• Unihan data for U+54C1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		品
alternative forms		𠯮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 品
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (品) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臨	*b·rɯm, *b·rɯms
瀶	*b·rɯm
品	*pʰrɯmʔ

Triplication of 口.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 品

1. article; item; product; commodity

   商品  ―  shāngpǐn  ―  merchandise

   食品  ―  shípǐn  ―  foodstuff

2. personality; character
3. fret (of a stringed musical instrument)
4. to taste

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

品

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: ひん (hin, Jōyō)
• Kun: しな (shina, 品, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 品(しな)薄(うす) (shinausu)
• 品(しな)切(ぎ)れ (shinagire)
• 品(しな)定(さだ)め (shinasadame)
• 品(しな)物(もの) (shinamono)
• 品(ひん)位(い) (hin'i)
• 品(ひん)格(かく) (hinkaku)
• 品(ひん)行(こう) (hinkō)
• 品(ひん)行(こう)方(ほう)正(せい) (hinkōhōsei)
• 品(ひん)詞(し) (hinshi)

• 品(ひん)質(しつ) (hinshitsu)
• 品(ひん)種(しゅ) (hinshu)
• 品(ひん)性(せい) (hinsei)
• 品(ひん)題(だい) (hindai): evaluation; title
• 品(ひん)茶(ちゃ) (hincha): tea evaluation; a game of drinking varieties of tea and guessing them correctly
• 品(ひん)評(ぴょう) (hinpyō)
• 品(ひん)目(もく) (hinmoku)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
品
しな Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

品(しな) • (shina) 

1. article, goods
2. stock
3. quality

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
品
ひん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

品(ひん) • (hin) 

1. grace, elegance
2. refinement
3. article, goods
4. course, dish

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Korean

Hanja

品 • (pum)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 품 (McCune–Reischauer: p'um)
  • Name (hangeul): 물건
    (revised: mulgeon, McCune–Reischauer: mulgŏn, Yale: mwulken)

1. article, goods

Compounds

• 품질 (品質, pumjil)
• 화장품 (化粧品, hwajangpum)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 品 (phẩm)

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