The kanji 比: meaning, readings and stroke order

比

Meaning: compare
On reading: ヒ hi
Kun reading: くら（べる） kuraberu
Strokes: 4
Radical: 比 compare, compete
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: so sánh (tỷ)
Japanese: くらべる。ならべてみる。
Korean: 견주다, 비교하다 (비)
Chinese: 比较、对比

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒ hi · on reading

比ひ例れい
being in proportion
この二つの数は 比ひ例れいしています。
These two numbers are in proportion.

くら（べる） kuraberu · kun reading

比くらべる
to compare
二つの絵を 比くらべます。
I compare two pictures.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.