Chinese Character Wiki
品

pǐn

product

Triple of 口. Depicts several types of things together.

Components
口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

品 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
品 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
品 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
品 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
品 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

品  

pǐn

article, product, commodity; article; commodity; product; goods; kind; grade; rank; character; disposition; nature; temperament; variety; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)

Most common words with 品
Freq.
Word
Meaning

产品

goods

毒品

drugs

作品

opus

品牌

brand name

食品

food

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (3 verified)

临 臨 闆 嵒 榀

Iconic component in 6 characters (6 verified)

区 區 临 臨 喦 喿

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

区 临

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pʰr[ə]mʔ

phimX

pǐn

kind, class


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 67.9000% of movies

478th most common character in movies

308th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+54C1

Shuowen

“品，眾庶也。从三口。”


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