音読み: カク
訓読み: くらべる
画数: 13
部首: 車（くるまへん）
Meaning
Compare / Contrast / Weigh / Measure
- Basic forms
- 較べる — compare / base form
- 較べます — compares / masu form
- 較べた — compared / ta form
- 較べて — comparing … / te form
- 較べない — do not compare / negative
- 較べれば — if (one) compares / conditional
- Common expressions
- 二つを較べる — compare two things
- 価格を較べる — compare prices
- 違いを較べる — compare differences
- More
- 較べたい — want to compare / 〜たい form
- 較べている — is comparing / state
較べる（くらべる） is an ichidan transitive verb. It means to compare things side by side to see similarities or differences. This form is more formal than the commonly used 比べる.
- 比較 — comparison
- 較差 — range; variation
- 較量 — relative measure
- 比較的 — comparatively; relatively
- 比較検討 — compare and examine
- 較べる — to compare (alt. form of 比べる)
Formed with 車 (vehicle/structure) and phonetic 交, 較 evokes placing things alongside in ordered alignment — the basis of comparing, contrasting, and weighing options.
二つの商品を 比較して 購入しました。
I compared two products before buying.
テストの結果を 較べて、成績の傾向を 分析する。
Compare the test results to analyze performance trends.
比較 — comparison