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比

4 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete 比
Parts:
比
Variants:
夶
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
Kun:
くら.べる
On:
ヒ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 比 【ヒ】 ratio, proportion, match, equal, equivalent, comparison, compared with ..., relative to ..., Philippines, explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 比較 【ヒカク】 comparison
  • 口径比 【コウケイヒ】 aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number), relative aperture
  • 正比 【セイヒ】 direct ratio

Kun reading compounds

  • 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ぴっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3, bi4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • comparación
  • proporción
  • relación
  • Filipinas
  • comparar

Portuguese

  • comparar
  • corrida
  • razão
  • Phillipines

French

  • comparer
  • compétition
  • proportion
  • Philippines
697 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
792 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
771 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2470 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
589 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
137 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
29 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
456 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16743 Morohashi
26 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3010 New Nelson (John Haig)
447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
450 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
643 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1256 2001 Kanji
2m3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
2171.0 Four corner code
2111.0 Four corner code
1-40-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd4 Unicode hex code

例

8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 刈 歹
example, custom, usage, precedent
Kun:
たと.える
On:
レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
399 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 例 【レイ】 example, instance, illustration, case, precedent, custom, habit, practice, usage
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 恒例 【コウレイ】 established practice, custom
  • 定例 【テイレイ】 regular, ordinary (e.g. session of parliament), established usage, precedent, regular practice

Kun reading compounds

  • 例える 【たとえる】 to compare (something) to, to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile, to use a metaphor
  • 例えるなら 【たとえるなら】 for example

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
rye

Spanish

  • ejemplo
  • normal
  • comparar
  • ilustrar

Portuguese

  • exemplo
  • costume
  • uso
  • precedente

French

  • exemple
  • coutume
  • usage
  • précédent
737 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
635 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
605 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
508 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
428 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
441 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
314 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
612 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
622 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
811 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
93 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
99 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
67 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
71 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
981 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
587 Morohashi
89 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
193 New Nelson (John Haig)
972 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1046 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
294 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
518 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2143 2001 Kanji
2a6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2220.0 Four corner code
1-46-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f8b Unicode hex code

配

10 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
已 酉
distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
Kun:
くば.る
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
359 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 配給 【ハイキュウ】 distribution (e.g. films, rice), rationing (e.g. food, gasoline), food ration
  • 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
  • 無配 【ムハイ】 without dividend
  • 宅配 【タクハイ】 home delivery

Kun reading compounds

  • 配る 【くばる】 to distribute, to hand out, to deliver, to deal out, to serve out, to allot, to allocate, to place (staff, soldiers, etc.), to station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pei4
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • distribuir
  • racionar

Portuguese

  • distribuir
  • cônjuge
  • exílio
  • racionamento

French

  • distribuer
  • épouse
  • exiler
  • rationner
299 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
388 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
368 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
304 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4779 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
430 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
971 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1141 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.14 Japanese for Busy People
515 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
524 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
727 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1790 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1853 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
981 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1448 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39771 Morohashi
1460 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6163 New Nelson (John Haig)
1436 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1544 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
308 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
363 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3256 2001 Kanji
7e3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1761.7 Four corner code
1-39-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
914d Unicode hex code

分

4 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
ハ 刀
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Kun:
わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
On:
ブン、 フン、 ブ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fen1, fen4
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
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)
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