分 — minute/divide

Grade 2 kanji · 4 strokes · on'yomi bun · kun'yomi wa·keru.

A knife (刀) splitting something in two (八) — dividing and separating.

Example words

• 分かる — wakaru — to understand
• 一分 — ippun — one minute

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