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
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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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