(ぶ) (n) (1) (See 文・もん・2) one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.375 grams (one-tenth of a monme); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale); (2) one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency); (3) thickness; (4) advantageous circumstances [EDICT]
(ぶん) (n,n-suf,pref) (1) part; segment; share; ration; (2) rate; (3) (See 身分) degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; (4) in proportion to; just as much as; (P) [EDICT]
(fēn, ㄈㄣ) to divide; to separate; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); part or subdivision; fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute [CE-DICT]
