Japanese symbol for “classifying”

分類作業

ぶんるいさぎょう

Romaji: bunruisagyou

classifying

In Japanese, classifying is 分類作業, read ぶんるいさぎょう (bunruisagyou).

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Meanings

n classifying (comp)

Kanji and stroke order

分

part, minute of time, segment

on: ブン、フン、ブ
kun: わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる

4 strokes · JLPT 4

類

sort, kind, variety

on: ルイ
kun: たぐ.い

18 strokes · JLPT 2

作

make, production, prepare

on: サク、サ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り

7 strokes · JLPT 3

業

business, vocation, arts

on: ギョウ、ゴウ
kun: わざ

13 strokes · JLPT 3

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
作る	つくる tsukuru	to make; to produce; to manufacture
企業	きぎょう kigyou	enterprise; business; company

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.