器 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 器意味

utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set

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器 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

うつわ utsuwa

KUNYOMI　訓読み

キ ki

Examples

彼は将来国家の棟梁たるべき器だ。

He has the capacity to be a future leader of the nation.

いくら器だけを日本一にしても、中身が三流やったらな～んの意味もないんちゃうの？

The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn’t it completely meaningless?

しかしながら、食べ物を器から口まで運ぶ必要があり、その必要性に応えるために、はしが現れたのだった。

There was, however, a need for food to be carried from the bowl to the mouth, and chopsticks came along to meet that need.

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士 gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

討 chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer

攻 aggression, attack, criticize, polish

崎 promontory, cape, spit

督 coach, command, urge, lead, supervise