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Kanji Information Sheet for 分 ( PDF version )
English: part minute of time segment share degree one's lot duty understand know rate 1% chances shaku/100 | On-Yomi: ブン フン ブ | Kun-Yomi: わ.ける わ.け わ.かれる わ.かる わ.かつ いた わけ |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
八 (はちがしら) – eight
刀 (かたな) – sword
刈 (ガイ, カイ, か.る, かっ かり) – reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
八 (はちがしら) – eight
刀 (かたな) – sword
刈 (ガイ, カイ, か.る, かっ かり) – reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
Henshall Mnemonic: understand one divides by splitting with sword
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #24 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #24 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 自分 [じぶん]
(n) myself; oneself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多分 [たぶん]
(adv,n) perhaps; probably [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分 [ふん]
(n) minute [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分かる [わかる]
(v5r) to be understood [K] [D] [Jisho] - 半分 [はんぶん]
(n-adv,n) half [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
- 十分 [じゅうぶん]
(adj-na,adv,n,vs) (1) plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate; (2) division into ten; (3) perfect; thorough; fully; in full [K] [D] [Jisho] - 気分 [きぶん]
(n) feeling; mood [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大分 [だいぶ]
(adv) considerably; greatly; a lot [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 余分 [よぶん]
(adj-na,n) extra; excess; surplus [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分析 [ぶんせき]
(n,vs) analysis [K] [D] [Jisho] - 部分 [ぶぶん]
(n) portion; section; part [K] [D] [Jisho] - 随分 [ずいぶん]
(adj-na,n-adv) extremely [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分野 [ぶんや]
(n) field; sphere; realm; division; branch [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分 [ぶん]
(n,n-suf,pref) (1) part; segment; share; ration; (2) rate; (3) degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; (4) in proportion to; just as much as [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大部分 [だいぶぶん]
(n-t) most part; greater part; majority [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分ける [わける]
(v1) to divide; to separate; to make distinctions; to differentiate (between) [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 成分 [せいぶん]
(n) ingredient; component; composition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分解 [ぶんかい]
(n) analysis; disassembly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幾分 [いくぶん]
(adv,n) somewhat [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分数 [ぶんすう]
(n) fraction (in math) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分布 [ぶんぷ]
(n) distribution [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分量 [ぶんりょう]
(n) amount; quantity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分類 [ぶんるい]
(n,vs) classification [K] [D] [Jisho] - 何分 [なにぶん]
(adv,n) anyway; please [K] [D] [Jisho] - 等分 [とうぶん]
(n,vs) division into equal parts [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 使い分け [つかいわけ]
(n) proper use; using (different things) for different purposes [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見分け [みわけ]
(n) distinction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見分ける [みわける]
(v1) (1) to distinguish; to recognize; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually); (2) to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不可分 [ふかぶん]
(adj-na,n) atomic; indivisibility [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分化 [ぶんか]
(n) specialization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分科会 [ぶんかかい]
subcommittee meeting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自分自身 [じぶんじしん]
oneself; myself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 春分 [しゅんぶん]
(n) vernal equinox [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分割 [ぶんかつ]
(n,vs) partition; division; separation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分割払い [ぶんかつばらい]
(n) payment by installments; hire-purchase [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分岐 [ぶんき]
(n) forking; jump (computer); divergence (e.g. in a road) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分岐点 [ぶんきてん]
(n) junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways [K] [D] [Jisho] - 秋分 [しゅうぶん]
(n) autumn equinox [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分権 [ぶんけん]
(n) decentralization of authority [K] [D] [Jisho] - 核分裂 [かくぶんれつ]
(n) nuclear fission [K] [D] [Jisho] - 言い分 [いいぶん]
(n) one's say; one's point; complaint; excuse [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分校 [ぶんこう]
(n) branch school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 存分 [ぞんぶん]
(adj-na,adv,n) to one's heart's content; as much as one wants [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分冊 [ぶんさつ]
(n) separate volume; fascicle; fascicule [K] [D] [Jisho] - 申し分のない [もうしぶんのない]
no objection; nothing to criticize [K] [D] [Jisho] - 申し分無い [もうしぶんない]
no objection; nothing to criticize [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方分権 [ちほうぶんけん]
decentralization of power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分室 [ぶんしつ]
(n) detached office; annex [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分乗 [ぶんじょう]
(n) riding separately [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分譲 [ぶんじょう]
(n) selling (real-estate) lots [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.