# 物 — Thing

Frequency rank 34 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 作 (Make), less common than 第 (Ordinal Number Prefix).

- On’yomi: ぶつ、もつ
- Kun’yomi: もの
- Radical: 牛 Cow (Kangxi 93)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX

A dented kettle, a shoe, and a broken clock sit on an auction table.

In words:

- 物 もの — thing
- 動物 どうぶつ — animal
- 建物 たてもの — building

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