| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- comparación
- proporción
- relación
- Filipinas
- comparar
Portuguese
- comparar
- corrida
- razão
- Phillipines
French
- comparer
- compétition
- proportion
- Philippines
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 較差 【カクサ】 range
- 較優位論 【カクユウイロン】 theory of comparative advantage
- 国際比較 【コクサイヒカク】 international comparison, country-by-country comparison
- 直接比較 【チョクセツヒカク】 direct comparison
- 校正 【コウセイ】 proofreading, calibration
- 較量 【コウリョウ】 comparison
Kun reading compounds
- 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo, gag
Spanish
- contrastar
- comparar
Portuguese
- contraste
- comparar
French
- contraste
- comparer
| 1077 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1236 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4623 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1155 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 941 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1453 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1546 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 500 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1777 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1939 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1034 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1397 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1285 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38297 | Morohashi |
| 1536 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5959 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1277 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1370 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1674 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1566 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7c6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-6 | SKIP code |
| 5004.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8f03 | Unicode hex code |