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Kanji 分: meanings, readings, and example words.

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

Key takeaways

Kanji 分: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

partminute of timesegmentsharedegreeone's lotdutyunderstandknowrate1%chancesshaku/100

On reading

ブンフン

Kun reading

わ.けるわ.けわ.かれるわ.かるわ.かつ

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 分

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

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

八 + 刀

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine using a knife (刀) to divide something into eight (八) pieces. This depicts the act of separating things into 'parts,' and by breaking down information into segments, it also means to 'understand' or 'know.'

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ブン
  • 一部分いちぶぶん

    a part / portion

  • 処分しょぶん

    disposal / punishment / handling

  • 配分はいぶん

    distribution / allocation / sharing

  • ふん

    minute / part / portion

  • 分業ぶんぎょう

    division of labor / specialization

  • 分散ぶんさん

    dispersion / decentralization / variance

  • 分子ぶんし

    molecule / numerator

  • 分担ぶんたん

    division of work / sharing tasks

Kun reading

わ.ける
  • 手分けてわけ

    division of tasks / splitting work

  • 取り分けとりわけ

    especially / particularly

  • 引き分けひきわけ

    draw / tie game

  • 引分けひきわけ

    draw / tie game

  • 分るわかる

    to understand / to be clear

  • 分かれるわかれる

    to split/to branch off/to divide

  • 分けるわける

    to divide / to separate

  • 分かるわかる

    to understand / to know

Commonly used words

  • 一部分
    いちぶぶん

    a part / portion

  • 処分
    しょぶん

    disposal / punishment / handling

  • 配分
    はいぶん

    distribution / allocation / sharing

  • ふん

    minute / part / portion

  • 分業
    ぶんぎょう

    division of labor / specialization

  • 分散
    ぶんさん

    dispersion / decentralization / variance

  • 手分け
    てわけ

    division of tasks / splitting work

  • 取り分け
    とりわけ

    especially / particularly

  • 引き分け
    ひきわけ

    draw / tie game

  • 引分け
    ひきわけ

    draw / tie game

  • 分る
    わかる

    to understand / to be clear

  • 分かれる
    わかれる

    to split/to branch off/to divide

Example sentences

Example 1

この本の一部を読みました。

Translation

I read a part of this book.

Example 2

問題の一部だけ解決した。

Translation

Only a part of the problem was solved.

Example 3

ごみの処は週に一度です。

Translation

Garbage disposal is once a week.

Example 4

違反者は厳しい処を受けた。

Translation

The violator received a severe punishment.

Kanji 分: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100 | Daily Nihongo