Kanji 分

音読おんよみ: ブン・フン・ブ

訓読くんよみ:ける・わかれる
かる・わかつ

画数かくすう: 4

部首ぶしゅ: かたな(刀)

Meaning

Divide / Understand / Part / Minute

Conjugation
Tap for 分ける (divide) Tap for 分かる (understand)
  • 気分きぶん — mood / feeling
  • 自分じぶん — oneself
  • 十分じゅうぶん — enough / sufficient
  • 部分ぶぶん — part / section
  • 分類ぶんるい — classification
  • 分解ぶんかい — decomposition / breakdown

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分 originally showed a knife cutting something into parts — the image of “dividing.” From that core idea, it expanded into abstract meanings like “to understand” (things become “clear” when separated into parts), and also into measurement, such as minutes and portions.

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