Info on the Kanji 比

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What is this? "比"

Meaning(s)

compare, race, ratio, philipines

Reading(s)

onyomi HI
kunyomi kura-beru

Other

stroke count 4
grade 5
jlpt level N2
Example words with 比
WordMeaning

hi
time / period / days
ぎゃくひ
gyaku hi
inverse ratio
こうひ
kouhi
common ratio / geometric ratio
せいひ
sei hi
sex ratio
せいひ
sei hi
direct ratio
たいひ
taihi
contrast / comparison
たんひ
tan hi
simple ratio
わたりひ
watari hi
going to the philippines / moving to the philippines / migration to the philippines
とうひ
touhi
equal ratio
ひび
hibi
japan and the philippines
はんひ
han hi
inverse ratio
たぐい
tagui
kind / sort / type / equal / match / peer
くらべ
kurabe
contest / comparison / competition
ひきょう
hi kyou
comparison / similitude
ひけん
hiken
ranking equal with / comparing favourably with / comparing favorably with
ひじゅう
hijuu
specific gravity / weight / part / relative weight / relative importance
ひてい
hi tei
hypothesis / identification
ひしま
hi shima
the philippines
ひにち
hi nichi
the philippines and japan
ひねつ
hinetsu
specific heat
ひりょう
hi ryou
comparison / pramana / epistemology
ひるい
hirui
parallel / equal / match
ひれい
hirei
proportion
ほうひ
hou hi
visit to the philippines
るいひ
ruihi
analogy
にくらべ
ni kurabe
compared to
黄金おうごんひ
ougonhi
golden ratio
ぎゃくひれい
gyakuhirei
inverse proportion to
空燃そらねんひ
sora nen hi
fuel-air ratio / air-fuel ratio / afr
構成こうせいひ
kouseihi
component distribution ratio / component ratio / proportion
ねくらべ
ne kurabe
endurance contest / test of endurance
三角さんかくひ
sankakuhi
trigonometric ratio
消光しょうひかりひ
shou hikari hi
extinction ratio
せいひれい
seihirei
direct proportion / direct ratio
静圧せいあつひ
seiatsu hi
static pressure ratio
前期ぜんきひ
zenkihi
compared to previous period / quarter-to-quarter basis / from the previous quarter
前月ぜんげつひ
zengetsu hi
month-to-month basis / month-over-month
前年ぜんねんひ
zennenhi
year on year / on the previous year
相似そうじひ
soujihi
homothetic ratio
たんひれい
tan hirei
simple proportion
男女だんじょひ
danjohi
sex ratio
ていひれい
tei hirei
fixed proportion
せいくらべ
seikurabe
comparing heights / comparison of statures
はんぴれい
hanpirei
inverse proportion
えるたぐえる
tague ru
to compare / to liken / to make accompany
おいたぐおい
taguo i
time / period / days
するひする
hisu ru
to compare
べるくらべる
kurabe ru
to compare / to make a comparison / to compete / to vie
べ物くらべもの
kurabe mono
worthy of comparison
重計ひじゅうけい
hijuu kei
densimeter / hydrometer
電荷ひでんか
hidenka
specific charge
内鳥ひないとり
hinai tori
breed of chicken native to akita prefecture
売神ひばいかみ
hi bai kami
goddess
売知ひばいち
hi bai chi
bensasi goatfish
目魚ひめさかな
hi me sakana
flounder / bastard halibut / olive flounder
例区ひれいく
hireiku
proportionally represented constituency
例式ひれいしき
hirei shiki
proportional expression
例税ひれいぜい
hirei zei
proportional tax
ふくひれい
fuku hirei
compound proportion
容積ようせきひ
youseki hi
volume ratio
ちからくらべ
chikara kurabe
contest of strength / trial of strength
うでくらべ
udekurabe
contest
べてとくらべて
to kurabe te
compared with
べるみくらべる
mikurabe ru
to compare with the eye
対前年ついぜんねんひ
tsui zennenhi
relative change from last year
数列とうひすうれつ
touhi suuretsu
geometric progression
内地鳥ひないちとり
hinai chi tori
cross between hinai-dori and rhode island red chickens
良八荒ひりょうはちこう
hi ryou hachi kou
cold wind blowing at lake biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar
良八講ひりょうはちこう
hi ryou hachi kou
buddhist service centred around the lotus sutra held over four days in shiga prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar
例代表ひれいだいひょう
hirei daihyou
proportional representation
セル損失せるそんしつひ
seru sonshitsu hi
cell loss ratio
出力荷重しゅつりょくかじゅうひ
shutsuryoku kajuu hi
specific power
信号雑音しんごうざつおんひ
shingou zatsuon hi
signal-to-noise ratio
良おろしひよおろし
hi yoo roshi
strong local wind blowing around the hira mountains in shiga prefecture
類のないひるいのない
hirui nonai
peerless
例代表制ひれいだいひょうせい
hireidaihyousei
proportional representation
理論空燃りろんそらねんひ
riron sora nen hi
theoretical air fuel ratio
アスペクトあすぺくとひ
asupekuto hi
aspect ratio
信号対雑音しんごうついざつおんひ
shingou tsui zatsuon hi
snr / signal to noise ratio
例の法則ていひれいのほうそく
tei hirei no housoku
law of definite proportions
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Example Sentences with 比
犬の聴覚の敏感さを人間とべると、はるかに上だ。

こういう流れになると結局、どんぐりの背べになる。

較的難しいジグソーだと感じました。

この表現は日本語にはない英語の喩表現として、私は大変気に入っています。



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