比: compare, race
- JLPT level N2
- 4 strokes
- Radical 比
Also ratio, Philippines
Readings
On’yomi
- ヒ
Kun’yomi
- くらべる
On’yomi and kun’yomi?
On’yomi are readings that came from Chinese, written here in katakana. Kun’yomi are native Japanese readings, written in hiragana. Which one is used depends on the word: kanji in compounds often take an on’yomi, and a kanji standing alone often takes a kun’yomi.
What do the dots mean?
The kana after the dot, shown lighter, is okurigana: it is written in kana after the kanji. For example, the reading い·きる of 生 is written 生きる.
Stroke order
Strokes from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Example words
- 比ratio; proportion
- 比べcontest; comparison; competition
- 対比contrast; juxtaposition
- 比重specific gravity; relative density
- 比例proportion
- 比べるto compare; to make a comparison (between)
Where do these words come from?
They are common words containing 比, from JMdict, picked automatically with words made of easier kanji first. They are not graded by JLPT level.
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Additional detailsSchool grade, frequency, Unicode and sources
- School grade
- Grade 5 (primary school)
- Newspaper frequency
- 329 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 比 no. 81
- Unicode
- U+6BD4
School grade comes from the Japanese school curriculum. Frequency is the rank among the 2,500 most common kanji in newspapers. Neither is a JLPT level.
Sources for this entry
- KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0): meanings, on’yomi, kun’yomi, stroke count, school grade, newspaper frequency, radical
- Jonathan Waller's JLPT kanji lists (CC BY): JLPT level
- JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0): example words
- KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0): stroke order