The kanji 物: meaning, readings and stroke order

物

Meaning: thing, object
On reading: ブツ butsu、モツ motsu
Kun reading: もの mono
Strokes: 8
Radical: 牛 cow
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đồ vật (vật)
Japanese: もの。しなもの。
Korean: 물건 (물)
Chinese: 东西、物品

Readings, words and example sentences

ブツ butsu · on reading

生せい物ぶつ
living things
海の 生せい物ぶつをしらべます。
I learn about the living things in the sea.

モツ motsu · on reading

食しょく物もつ
food
食しょく物もつを大切にします。
I never waste food.

もの mono · kun reading

物もの
thing
大切な 物ものをなくしました。
I lost something precious.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.