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Kanji Detail for 分 - "to divide, to share"

分

  • Meaning

    分 means "to divide, to share." Also associated with to split.

    1. To divide - To separate; to distinguish; to break apart.

    2. To split - To break into parts.

    3. To share - To distribute; to allocate.

    4. To discern - To make clear.

    5. Unit - A measurement for length, area, time.

    6. Portion - One's share; nature; character.

    7. Rule - Regulation; custom; standard.

    8. Status - Position; social standing.

    9. To understand - To comprehend; to grasp.

  • Words using 分

    • 分野 ぶんや Listen field; sphere; realm
    • 自分 じぶん Listen myself; yourself; oneself
    • 部分 ぶぶん Listen portion; section; part
    • 処分 しょぶん Listen disposal; throwing away; selling off
    • 十分 じゅうぶん Listen enough; sufficient; plenty
    • 半分 はんぶん Listen half
    • 残った分 のこったぶん Listen amount left over; remaining portion
    • 分析 ぶんせき Listen analysis

  • Four-character idioms with 分

    • 五分五分 ごぶごぶ Listen as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match
    • 四分五裂 しぶんごれつ Listen torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
    • 大義名分 たいぎめいぶん Listen just cause; good reason; pretext
    • 自分勝手 じぶんかって Listen selfishness; egotism; egoism
    • 一分一厘 いちぶいちりん Listen (not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of
    • 九分九厘 くぶくりん Listen almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one

  • Origin of 分

    八, to part, over 刀, the knife: cut apart. A minute is time cut small; a portion is the whole cut fairly; understanding (分かる) is the matter cut open.

    How to remember it: A knife 刀 halving 八 whatever it meets — minutes, portions, and problems all yield to it.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 分

    • Verified meaning: to divide, to share
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read わけ)
    • Also carries these associations: to split

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 分

    Surnames 分(わけ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    divide; small unit of time etc.

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Dividing a total into multiple parts is called 分. Such as 鼎足三分 (three-way division), 春色平分 (spring colors equally divided). Also, midnight is called 夜分, also meaning equal division. | To distinguish. (Analects) "Cannot distinguish the five grains." Meaning cannot recognize them. | To separate. Such as 分手, meaning to part. | In measurement: one hundredth of a chi is a 分; one tenth of a mu is a 分; one hundredth of a liang is a 分; one hundredth of a yuan is a 分; one sixtieth of an hour is a 分; one sixtieth of a degree of arc is a 分. | In mathematics, numbers that don't divide evenly are called 分數 (fractions). Meaning analyzing dividend and divisor into portions to get their ratio. Such as numerator (分子), denominator (分母). Also, decimals can be expressed as fractions. The first decimal place is one-tenth of a unit, the second is one-hundredth, and so on. | One's position. Such as 名分 (status), 職分 (duty), 分所應當 (what one ought to do by one's position), meaning everyone has limits according to their position. | A portion. Such as 一分, 二分, meaning getting one-tenth or two-tenths of the total amount. Also commonly written as 份.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bu(ブ) ブ

    bun(ブン) ブン

    fun(フン) フン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    wa.keru(わ-ける) わ-ける

    waka.reru(わ-かれる) わ-かれる

    waka.ru(わ-かる) わ-かる

    wakatsu(わ-かつ) わ-かつ

    wake(わけ) わけ

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    to divide to split to share to discern portion unit minute part separate classify distinguish distribute section segment fraction allot differentiate status understand

Sentences including 分

  • He will have his own way in everything.

  • That will do.

  • If you're doing it in fun , i'd rather you didn't come.

  • The train is twenty minutes behind time.

  • I'm very ashamed of myself about what i've done.

  • I don't know when he will be here.

  • She started ten minutes ago.

  • The boy fanned himself with his hat.

  • It's a ten minutes walk to the bus stop.

  • You may bring your own lunch to school.

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