Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Kunyomi: わ.ける わ.け わ.かれる わ.かる わ.かつ

Onyomi: ブン フン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かたな

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(ずいぶん)   extremely

(たぶん)   perhaps

に(じゅうぶんに)   enough

(じぶん)   oneself

(なんぷん)   how many minutes

(まいふん)   every minute

(だいぶ)   considerably

三割五(さんわりごぶ)   35 percent

かれ道(わかれみち)   crossroads

ける(わける)   divide [v.t.]

かる(わかる)   understand [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

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)

ブンカ specialization, specialisation, differentiation

オウブン according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable

サイブン subdivision (into small parts)

フン minute (unit of time), fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

フンベツ discretion, prudence, good sense, judgement, judgment, wisdom, discernment

マイフン every minute, per minute

壊変毎 カイヘンマイフン disintegration per minute, dpm

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

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)

イチブ one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)

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)

Kunyomi Examples

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

わけ division, splitting, classification, sharing, distribution, draw, tie

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

おいわけ forked road

かれる わかれる to branch, to fork, to diverge, to separate, to split, to divide, to disperse, to scatter

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!

かつ わかつ to divide, to separate, to share, to distribute, to distinguish