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比

比 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “compare”. It is built from 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 482. It appears as a component in 10 other characters in this index.

Keyword
compare
RTK frame
482
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヒ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くら.べる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сравнивать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
比 to compare

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 匕 spoon
  2. prim-mirrored-spoon

Characters that contain 比

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