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物 もの、もの- 物指(ものさし): ruler; measure買物(かいもの): shopping; purchased goods贈物(おくりもの): present; gift乗物(のりもの): vehicle飲物(のみもの): drink; beverage人物(じんぶつ): character; personality; person; man; personage; talented man動物(どうぶつ): animal建物(たてもの): building物価(ぶっか): prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living物語(ものがたり): tale; story; legend物質(ぶっしつ): material; substance植物(しょくぶつ): plant; vegetation生物(せいぶつ): (1) living things; creature (2) biology博物館(はくぶつかん): museum物資(ぶっし): goods; materials貨物(かもつ): (1) cargo; freight (2) money or assets本物(ほんもの): genuine article動物園(どうぶつえん): zoo; zoological gardens食べ物(たべもの): food果物(くだもの): fruit荷物(にもつ): (1) luggage; baggage (2) burden (3) payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)着物(きもの): (1) clothing; clothes (2) kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)物理(ぶつり): physics; law of nature物語る(ものがたる): to tell; to indicate穀物(こくもつ): grain; cereal; corn食物(しょくもつ): food; foodstuff名物(めいぶつ): famous product; special product; speciality; specialty産物(さんぶつ): product; result; fruit生き物(いきもの): living thing; animal物事(ものごと): things; everything見物(けんぶつ): sightseeing; sightseer; watching; watcher書物(しょもつ): books品物(しなもの): goods; article; thing作物(さくもつ): produce (e.g. agricultural); crops物体(ぶったい): body; object実物(じつぶつ): real thing; original; actual織物(おりもの): textile; fabric鉱物(こうぶつ): mineral禁物(きんもつ): taboo; forbidden thing物置(ものおき): storage room; storeroom; lumber room偽物(にせもの): spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham編物(あみもの): knitting; knitted material; crochet農産物(のうさんぶつ): agricultural produce物足りない(ものたりない): unsatisfied; unsatisfactory物騒(ぶっそう): dangerous; disturbed; insecure物議(ぶつぎ): public discussion; public criticism; controversy物音(ものおと): sounds忘れ物(わすれもの): lost article; something forgotten獲物(えもの): game; spoils; trophy; prey落とし物(おとしもの): lost property入れ物(いれもの): (1) container; case; receptacle (2) (euph. for) coffin; casket物好き(ものずき): (idle) curiosity瀬戸物(せともの): earthenware; crockery; china物(もの): (1) thing; object (2) the natural thing; a frequently done thing (3) used to express emotional involvement (4) used in giving a reason物凄い(ものすごい): earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent; terrible; frightful; horrible私物(しぶつ): private property; personal effects見世物(みせもの): show; exhibition; spectacle干し物(ほしもの): things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)作物(さくぶつ): literary work出来物(できもの): tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess; rash; pimple物(ぶつ): (1) stock; products (2) stolen goods; loot; spoils 3 牛: cow勿: not; must not; do not; be not 牛 4 (none) thing A cow is not a thing. Its an animal. If you study japanese you know that living beings and things are discerned from each other with the verbs iru and aru.

Accepted Answer

ブツ、モツ thing, object, matter 4 215 8 93 うし 形声 Phonetic The cow´s "thing" is tied in a knot! ouch.

Kanji	物
Onyomi	ブツ、モツ
Kunyomi	もの、もの-
English	thing, object, matter
Examples	物指(ものさし): ruler; measure 買物(かいもの): shopping; purchased goods 贈物(おくりもの): present; gift 乗物(のりもの): vehicle 飲物(のみもの): drink; beverage 人物(じんぶつ): character; personality; person; man; personage; talented man 動物(どうぶつ): animal 建物(たてもの): building 物価(ぶっか): prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living 物語(ものがたり): tale; story; legend 物質(ぶっしつ): material; substance 植物(しょくぶつ): plant; vegetation 生物(せいぶつ): (1) living things; creature (2) biology 博物館(はくぶつかん): museum 物資(ぶっし): goods; materials 貨物(かもつ): (1) cargo; freight (2) money or assets 本物(ほんもの): genuine article 動物園(どうぶつえん): zoo; zoological gardens 食べ物(たべもの): food 果物(くだもの): fruit 荷物(にもつ): (1) luggage; baggage (2) burden (3) payload (of a packet, cell, etc.) 着物(きもの): (1) clothing; clothes (2) kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing) 物理(ぶつり): physics; law of nature 物語る(ものがたる): to tell; to indicate 穀物(こくもつ): grain; cereal; corn 食物(しょくもつ): food; foodstuff 名物(めいぶつ): famous product; special product; speciality; specialty 産物(さんぶつ): product; result; fruit 生き物(いきもの): living thing; animal 物事(ものごと): things; everything 見物(けんぶつ): sightseeing; sightseer; watching; watcher 書物(しょもつ): books 品物(しなもの): goods; article; thing 作物(さくもつ): produce (e.g. agricultural); crops 物体(ぶったい): body; object 実物(じつぶつ): real thing; original; actual 織物(おりもの): textile; fabric 鉱物(こうぶつ): mineral 禁物(きんもつ): taboo; forbidden thing 物置(ものおき): storage room; storeroom; lumber room 偽物(にせもの): spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham 編物(あみもの): knitting; knitted material; crochet 農産物(のうさんぶつ): agricultural produce 物足りない(ものたりない): unsatisfied; unsatisfactory 物騒(ぶっそう): dangerous; disturbed; insecure 物議(ぶつぎ): public discussion; public criticism; controversy 物音(ものおと): sounds 忘れ物(わすれもの): lost article; something forgotten 獲物(えもの): game; spoils; trophy; prey 落とし物(おとしもの): lost property 入れ物(いれもの): (1) container; case; receptacle (2) (euph. for) coffin; casket 物好き(ものずき): (idle) curiosity 瀬戸物(せともの): earthenware; crockery; china 物(もの): (1) thing; object (2) the natural thing; a frequently done thing (3) used to express emotional involvement (4) used in giving a reason 物凄い(ものすごい): earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent; terrible; frightful; horrible 私物(しぶつ): private property; personal effects 見世物(みせもの): show; exhibition; spectacle 干し物(ほしもの): things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.) 作物(さくぶつ): literary work 出来物(できもの): tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess; rash; pimple 物(ぶつ): (1) stock; products (2) stolen goods; loot; spoils
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	215
Components	牛: cow 勿: not; must not; do not; be not
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	牛
Radical Number	93
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	うし
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	thing
Koohii Story 1	The cow´s "thing" is tied in a knot! ouch.
Koohii Story 2	A cow is not a thing. Its an animal. If you study japanese you know that living beings and things are discerned from each other with the verbs iru and aru.

Thing Living Goods Product Article Animal Prices Material