分 Kanji – part
The Japanese kanji 分 can mean part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100.
Meaning and Readings
How is 分 read?
分 has the onyomi readings ブン, フン, ブ and the kunyomi readings わける, わけ, わか れる, わかる, わかつ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as bun, fun, bu, wakeru, wake, wakareru, wakaru, wakatsu.
Common Japanese Words Using 分
These common Japanese words contain 分. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 一部分（いちぶぶん） — one part, one portion, one section
- 一分（いちぶ） — one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)
- 引き分け（ひきわけ） — draw (in competition), tie game
- 塩分（えんぶん） — salt, salt content
- 応分（おうぶん） — according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
- 仮処分（かりしょぶん） — provisional disposition, temporary injunction
- 何分（なにぶん） — some, any, (a) little, of some kind, of some sort
- 何分（なんぷん） — what minute, how many minutes
- 核分裂（かくぶんれつ） — nuclear fission
- 幾分（いくぶん） — somewhat, to some extent, to some degree