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The Kanji Map

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, ブ

Composition: 八 刀

分

Radical

Radical: 刀

Reading: かたな

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

随分(ずいぶん)   extremely

多分(たぶん)   perhaps

十分に(じゅうぶんに)   enough

自分(じぶん)   oneself

何分(なんぷん)   how many minutes

毎分(まいふん)   every minute

大分(だいぶ)   considerably

三割五分(さんわりごぶ)   35 percent

分かれ道(わかれみち)   crossroads

分ける(わける)   divide [v.t.]

分かる(わかる)   understand [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

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)

分身 (ブンシン) other self, alter ego, part of oneself (in someone or something else), representation of oneself, incarnations of Buddha

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)

Kunyomi Examples

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

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