Kanji
N3 12 strokes Grade 6 freq #318

proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

sword katana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

partition; division
cession (of territory)
allotment; quota

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

part; assigning (allotment of) parts
rate; ratio
rate; ratio
discount; reduction
comparatively high; fairly expensive
economical; comparatively cheap
discount bond
allotment; assignment
to calculate; to compute
queue jumping; breaking into a line

Example sentences

Despite the importance of sleep, its purpose is a mystery.

Japan must take over that role now.

He chatters at the rate of two hundred words a minute.

Each year the world's population increases on average by two percent.