Japanese symbol for “classifier”
分類辞
ぶんるいじ
Romaji: bunruiji
classifier (in Japanese and Chinese linguistics)
In Japanese, classifier is 分類辞, read ぶんるいじ (bunruiji).
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Meanings
- n classifier (in Japanese and Chinese linguistics) (ling)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “classifier”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 類別詞 | るいべつし ruibetsushi | classifier |
| 量詞 | りょうし ryoushi | classifier (in Chinese); measure word |
| 分類器 | ぶんるいき bunruiki | classifier; discriminator |
| クラシファイア | クラシファイア kurashifaia | classifier |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自分 | じぶん jibun | myself; yourself; oneself |
| 部分 | ぶぶん bubun | portion; section; part |
| 気分 | きぶん kibun | feeling; mood |
| 半分 | はんぶん hanbun | half |
| 分野 | ぶんや bun'ya | field; sphere; realm |
| 多分 | たぶん tabun | probably; likely; perhaps |
| 種類 | しゅるい shurui | variety; kind; type |
| 人類 | じんるい jinrui | mankind; humanity |
| 辞任 | じにん jinin | resignation (from a position) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “classifier”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.