物 means thing and is a JLPT N4 kanji. It has 8 strokes and uses the cow radical (牛).
Stroke order · 8 strokes
On'yomi (音読み)
ブツ、モツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
もの
Radical
牛 · cow
Strokes
8
How to remember 物
牛 (cow) + 勿: in ancient times cattle were the greatest form of wealth, so a cow became the symbol for 'things/goods'. 食べ物 (tabemono) = food, 買い物 (kaimono) = shopping.