品
- goods, product, item;
- quality, grade, class;
Etymology
Ideogrammic compound:
Composed of three 口 (mouths), arranged together.
Symbolizes “many voices/mouths,” later extended to mean “varieties,” “items,” or “things.”
Suggests the idea of tasting, trying, or evaluating through multiple mouths.
Usage in Korean
產品 (제품) — product
品質 (품질) — quality
上品 (상품) — top grade, superior goods
品味 (품위) — taste, elegance
品嚐 (품상) — to taste, to sample
Words that derived from 品
Additional notes
In Korean and Japanese, often denotes “products” or “quality” (물품, 품질 / 品物, 品質).
In Classical usage, could also mean “rank, grade, category” (e.g., official ranks, moral qualities).
品
물건
품
mulgeon
pum
Kangxi radical:30, 口 + 6
Strokes:9
Unicode:U+54C1
Cangjie input:
- 口口口 (RRR)
Composition:
- ⿱ 口 吅