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口 Mouth 器 Instrument Arms Ordnance Vessel Container

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi うつわ
English utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
Examples 器械(きかい): (1) machine; mechanism (2) instrument; appliance; apparatus
武器(ぶき): weapon; arms; ordnance
兵器(へいき): arms; weapons; ordnance
楽器(がっき): musical instrument
容器(ようき): container; vessel
器(うつわ): (1) bowl; vessel; container (2) ability; capacity; calibre; caliber
器具(きぐ): utensil; apparatus; implement; device; gadget
食器(しょっき): tableware
受話器(じゅわき): (telephone) receiver
陶器(とうき): porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery
器官(きかん): organ (of body); instrument
計器(けいき): meter; gauge
器用(きよう): skillful; skilful; handy
磁器(じき): porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
聴診器(ちょうしんき): stethoscope
器(き): (1) device; instrument (2) vessel; container
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 525
Components 口: mouth
口: mouth
大: large; big
口: mouth
口: mouth
Number of Strokes 15
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword utensil
Koohii Story 1 Imagine four hungry mouths all sitting around the table. They are all banging their utensils on the table waiting for a big meal to be placed in the centre.
Koohii Story 2 Note: 器 by itself means container/caliber/vessel. And 食器 means eating utensils ("food container", hehe).

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_manufactured.item

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