分かる

わかる

to understand

Mnemonic

A blade splitting the thing into pieces small enough to see, which is all understanding has ever been. A wacky わか kangaroo かる finally splits it for you: わかる.

Built from

分

part, understand

八 divide + 刀 knife

Words sharing these kanji

自分 self, oneself 気分 mood, feeling 十分 plenty 部分 part, section 分 amount, share 多分 probably, perhaps 半分 half 随分 extremely, considerably 大分 very, greatly

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