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 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 刀(かたな)

Meaning

To divide / to understand / part / minute

  • 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

This kanji originally showed a knife cutting something into parts — symbolizing separation or division. Over time, it came to represent not only physical division, but also abstract ideas like understanding or measuring small amounts (like "minutes").

その意味いみかります。
I understand the meaning.

ケーキをろくにんけました。
We divided the cake among six people.

解
Creates
分解ぶんかい — decomposition / breakdown
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