| 133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 218 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 199 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 35 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 578 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 35 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 22 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 64 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 26 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 180 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1713 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 788 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1853 | Morohashi |
| 1972 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 454 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 781 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 844 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 28 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 101 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 分化 【ブンカ】 specialization, specialisation, differentiation
- 応分 【オウブン】 according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
- 細分 【サイブン】 subdivision (into small parts)
- 分 【フン】 minute (unit of time), fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
- 分別 【フンベツ】 discretion, prudence, good sense, judgement, judgment, wisdom, discernment
- 毎分 【マイフン】 every minute, per minute
- 壊変毎分 【カイヘンマイフン】 disintegration per minute, dpm
- 分 【ブ】 one-tenth, one percent (one-tenth of a wari), 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun), 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes), 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale), one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency), thickness, advantageous circumstances, one-tenth of a monme of silver
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 一分 【イチブ】 one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 分け 【わけ】 division, splitting, classification, sharing, distribution, draw, tie
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 追分 【おいわけ】 forked road
- 分かれる 【わかれる】 to branch, to fork, to diverge, to separate, to split, to divide, to disperse, to scatter
- 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!
- 分かつ 【わかつ】 to divide, to separate, to share, to distribute, to distinguish
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた、 わけ
- Korean:
- bun
Spanish
- parte
- segmento
- minuto
- dividir
- separar
Portuguese
- parte
- minuto
- segmento
- grau
- dever
- compreender
- saber
- valor
- 1%
- oportunidades
- shaku/100
French
- portion
- minute
- section
- part
- degré
- son lot dans la vie
- comprendre
- savoir
- devoir
- taux
- 1%
- chances
- bu = 1/100 de shaku = 3.03 mm
| 2045 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5206 | Unicode hex code |
bear (children)
- On:
- ベン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 娩出 【ベンシュツ】 expulsion (of a baby)
- 娩出期 【ベンシュツキ】 expulsion stage (of labour), expulsive stage
- 擬娩 【ギベン】 couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born)
- 立会い分娩 【タチアイブンベン】 childbirth with father of child present, delivery with husband present
Readings
- Korean:
- man
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1219 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 486 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 365 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 6337 | Morohashi |
| 1233 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3e7.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 4741.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5a29 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 臥位 【ガイ】 lying down (of body), reclining position, decubitus
- 臥具 【ガグ】 bedding, kasaya, monk's stole
- 平臥 【ヘイガ】 lying down, being laid up, being ill in bed
- 横臥 【オウガ】 lying on one's side
Kun reading compounds
- 臥せる 【ふせる】 to lie down, to retire, to go to bed (with an illness)
- 臥せる 【ふせる】 to lie down, to retire, to go to bed (with an illness)
- 臥す 【ふす】 to lie down (in bed)
Readings
- Korean:
- wa
Spanish
- inclinación
- reverencia
- inclinarse
- postrarse
- echarse (por sueño o enfermedad)
Portuguese
French
| 3839 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1825 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1307 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 30071 | Morohashi |
| 1440 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4896 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2909 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2918 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2a7.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-2 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 7870.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81e5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 床 【ショウ】 counter for beds
- 床几 【ショウギ】 camp stool, folding stool
- 臨床 【リンショウ】 clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
- 温床 【オンショウ】 hotbed, breeding ground
Kun reading compounds
- 床 【とこ】 bed, bedding, sickbed, alcove, riverbed, seedbed, straw "core" of a tatami mat, floor
- 床の間 【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
- 鋏 【やっとこ】 pincers, nippers, pliers
- 金床 【かなとこ】 anvil
- 床 【ゆか】 floor, stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player), dining platform built across a river
- 床下 【ゆかした】 under the floor
- 河床 【かしょう】 riverbed, raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
- 納涼床 【のうりょうゆか】 raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- suelo
- cama
- alcoba
- peluquería
Portuguese
- cama
- andar
- estofamento
- tatami
French
- plancher
- lit
- rembourrage
- tatami
- compteur de lits
| 1389 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1240 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1503 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 959 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 507 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 508 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 826 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 845 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 543 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 584 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3805 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1947 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2641 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 599 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9242 | Morohashi |
| 3067 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1608 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 592 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 636 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1135 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 0029.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e8a | Unicode hex code |