比

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/比

Descendants

 * ひ ( character derived from )
 * ヒ ( character derived from )

Glyph origin
– to juxtapose.

Definitions

 * 1) to compare; to contrast; to have a contest
 * 2) to liken; to draw an analogy to
 * 3) to emulate; to copy; to imitate
 * 4) to match; to be equal
 * 5) to be the ratio of; ... to ...
 * 6) to gesticulate; to gesture
 * 7) metaphor; analogy
 * 8) ratio; proportion
 * 9) than; more ... than; -er compared to
 * 1) to emulate; to copy; to imitate
 * 2) to match; to be equal
 * 3) to be the ratio of; ... to ...
 * 4) to gesticulate; to gesture
 * 5) metaphor; analogy
 * 6) ratio; proportion
 * 7) than; more ... than; -er compared to
 * 1) to gesticulate; to gesture
 * 2) metaphor; analogy
 * 3) ratio; proportion
 * 4) than; more ... than; -er compared to
 * 1) metaphor; analogy
 * 2) ratio; proportion
 * 3) than; more ... than; -er compared to
 * 1) ratio; proportion
 * 2) than; more ... than; -er compared to
 * 1) than; more ... than; -er compared to
 * 1) than; more ... than; -er compared to

Definitions

 * 1) to be next to; to be near to; to stand close together; to lie next to
 * 2) to cling to; to collude with
 * 3) intimate; close; friendly
 * 4) dense; closely packed
 * 5) harmonious; melodious
 * 6) all; completely
 * 7) lately; recently
 * 8) frequently; repeatedly
 * 9) until; till
 * 10) eighth hexagram of the I Ching

Definitions

 * 1)  close; near
 * 2)  dense; closely packed

Etymology 1

 * from.
 * from  or.
 * short form of the spelling.

Noun

 * 1) a ratio

Affix

 * 1) comparison, match, equal
 * 2) ratio
 * 3)  the Philippines