Explore 瓶 in everyday containers, from a bottle of milk to a vase of flowers.
The idea
瓶 has 11 strokes. Its usual reading is びん, as in 瓶 and 花瓶（かびん）. Learn each compound as a whole; use the linked diagram to practise the stroke order.
Examples
- 瓶は空です。The bottle is empty.
- 花瓶に花を入れました。I put flowers in a vase.
- 瓶に水が入っています。There is water in the bottle.
- 牛乳瓶を洗いました。I washed the milk bottle.
- 瓶のふたを開けてください。Please open the lid of the jar.
- 花瓶はテーブルの上にあります。The vase is on the table.
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Watch out
A 花瓶 is a vase for cut flowers; a flower pot for growing plants is usually 植木鉢（うえきばち）, not 花瓶.
Try it yourself
Write the reading of 瓶 in hiragana.
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びん
瓶 is びん: the bottle is empty.
Write the reading of 花瓶 in hiragana.
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かびん
花瓶 is かびん: it is a vase for flowers.
Choose the missing kanji: 牛乳＿（ぎゅうにゅうびん）［瓶／鉢］.
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瓶
瓶 completes 牛乳瓶（ぎゅうにゅうびん）, a milk bottle.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Japanese sentences where available. We keep your score.
Write the reading of 瓶 in hiragana.
Write the reading of 花瓶 in hiragana.
Choose the missing kanji: 牛乳＿（ぎゅうにゅうびん）［瓶／鉢］.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write 瓶 using the diagram, then read 花瓶 and 牛乳瓶 aloud. Make a sentence about a container.