Onyomi: フン, ブ, ブン · Kunyomi: わ.かつ, わ.かる, わ.かれる, わ.け, わ.ける · Meanings: 1%, chances, degree, duty, know, minute of time, one's lot, part, rate, segment, shaku/100, share, understand
Kanji for 1, chances, degree, duty, know
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分 is formed from the knife radical 刀 on the right and the element 八 on the top. The knife radical represents cutting, while 八 suggests dividing or splitting into parts. Together, they express the idea of cutting something into separate pieces. From this, 分 came to mean divide, separate, or part.
分 shows cutting or splitting, meaning divide, separate, or part.
分 is used when separating or dividing something. Remember 分 as cutting or splitting a whole into parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 分 | ぶん | part, portion, share | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 分 | ふん | minute (unit of time) | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 分 | ぶ | 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) | JLPT-N3 Numeric |
| 分析 | ぶんせき | analysis | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 分かる | わかる | to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 分布 | ぶんぷ | distribution | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 分裂 | ぶんれつ | split, division, break up | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 分子 | ぶんし | molecule | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 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 | common JLPT-N3 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 分野 | ぶんや | field, sphere, realm, division, branch | common JLPT-N3 Noun |