瓶 means “bottle, jar”

びん · bin

Also: vial, jug

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かめ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ビン, ヘイ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Fired clay (瓦) beside 并, things side by side: picture clay jars standing in a row. Today 瓶 is a glass bottle: 花瓶 is a flower vase, and the big 一升瓶 holds 1.8 liters of sake.

Used in 花瓶 (kabin, vase), 空き瓶 (akibin, empty bottle), and 一升瓶 (isshoubin, 1.8-liter sake bottle)

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