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Japanese symbol for “impartially”

Romaji: wakehedatenaku
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike

In Japanese, impartially is , read (wakehedatenaku).

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Meanings

  1. adv, exp (treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

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
isolate, alternate, distance
on: カク
kun: へだ.てる、へだ.たる
13 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じぶん jibunmyself; yourself; oneself
ぶぶん bubunportion; section; part
きぶん kibunfeeling; mood
はんぶん hanbunhalf
ぶんや bun'yafield; sphere; realm
たぶん tabunprobably; likely; perhaps
かんかく kankakuspace; interval
かくり kakuriisolation; segregation; separation

See also: Chinese symbol for “impartially”.

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.