分 — divide, minute, part
ぶん
分
divide
ぶん
U+5206
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #24
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #781
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- divide
- minute
- part
Readings
- On'yomi
- ぶん bun ふん fun ぶ bu
- Kun'yomi
- わ wa
word
ふん ・ぶん・ぷん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
ぶ bu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
わ wa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
わか waka
Words by frequency and grade
104 wordsEach dot is a word containing 分: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 44 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
はち
八
eight
#12
かたな
刀
sword
#18
Used as component in (7)
Compound ideograph (会意). 八 (divide/split) above 刀 (knife). To divide — a knife splitting something. Extended to minute and part.