分 minute
Also: understand
- On'yomi
- ブン、フン、ブ
- Kun'yomi
- わ-かる、わ-ける
- Strokes
- 4
- JLPT
- N5
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 2
In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): わ-かる.
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Remember it
The eight (八) strokes spread apart while a knife (刀) slices down between them — cutting the hour into minutes, and cutting a problem apart until you understand it.
A common word
- 自分 じぶん oneself
Example sentences
十分待ってください。
じゅっぷんまってください。
Please wait ten minutes.
先生の話がよく分かりました。
せんせいのはなしがよくわかりました。
I understood the teacher's explanation well.
Kanji that share a part
八 is its radical. 33 kanji share it in all.
- 六 six
- 前 before
- 公 public
- 弟 younger brother
- 寒 cold (weather)
- 共 together N3
- 具 tool N3
- 貧 poverty N3
刀 is a component.
- 切 cut
- 初 first time N3
- 解 solve N3
- 辺 environs N2
- 召 seduce N2
- 券 ticket N2
- 契 pledge N2
- 刃 blade N1