Kanji N3

割: proportion, comparatively, divide

割 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning proportion, comparatively, divide, written with 12 strokes. It is read カツ (on) and わる, わり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 役割 (やくわり, part) and 割合 (わりあい, rate).

割

Meanings

  • proportion
  • comparatively
  • divide
  • cut
  • separate
  • split
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#318 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • わる
  • わり
  • わり
  • われる
  • さく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 割

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 役割やくわり

    part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role

    JLPT N3
  • 割合わりあい

    rate; ratio; percentage; proportion

    JLPT N4
  • 割るわる

    to divide

    JLPT N3
  • 割れるわれる

    to break; to be smashed

    JLPT N4
  • 割引わりびき

    discount; reduction; rebate

    JLPT N2
  • 割り当てわりあて

    allotment; assignment; allocation; quota

    JLPT N1
  • 割とわりと

    comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather

    JLPT N2
  • 時間割じかんわり

    timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable)

    JLPT N2

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