分 — divide, minute, part

ぶん分 divide

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes math time

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.

Meanings

divide
minute
part

word

ふん・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

分(ぶん) bun part 自(じ) 分(ぶん) jibun oneself 十(じゅう) 分(ぶん) juubun enough 分(ぶん) 野(や) bunya field 多(た) 分(ぶん) tabun probably 分(ぶん) の bunno portion of 気(き) 分(ぶん) kibun mood 半(はん) 分(ぶん) hanbun half

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

大(だい) 分(ぶ) daibu considerably 分(ぶ) 厚(あつ) い buatsui bulky

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).

分(わ) かる wakaru to understand 分(わ) ける wakeru to divide 分(わ) かれる wakareru to be divided 分(わ) け wake division 分(わ) かつ wakatsu to divide 引(ひ) き分(わ) け hikiwake draw 見(み) 分(わ) ける miwakeru to distinguish 使(つか) い分(わ) ける tsukaiwakeru to use properly

わか waka 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).

分(わか) る wakaru to understand

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Components

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はち八 eight #12

かたな刀 sword #18

Used as component in (7)

こな粉 flour まずしい貧 poverty ふん紛 distract ふん雰 atmosphere ぼん盆 basin か寡 widow はん頒 distribute

Compound ideograph (会意). 八 (divide/split) above 刀 (knife). To divide — a knife splitting something. Extended to minute and part.

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#18 刀 knife

分 — divide, minute, part

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ふん・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふ・ぶ fu 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 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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (7)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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分 — divide, minute, part

Meanings

word

ふん ・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふ ・ぶ fu 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 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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (7)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

ふん・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).