What is the Kanji for "Compare" and "Contrast"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Compare" and "Contrast", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Compare" and "Contrast" is "較".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its onyomi readings are "Kou" and "Kaku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "車" means "Car" and can be read as "Kuruma" and "Sha". And The kanji "交" means "Mix" and can be read as "Ka", "Kou", "Ma", and "Maji".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "較" mean in japanese?

"較" means "Compare" and "Contrast".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

比較的: "Relatively". The Japanese adverb '比較的 (ひかくてき)' means 'relatively'. It is used to indicate that something is moderate or average in comparison to other things. For example: The weather is relatively warm today - (今日の天気は比較的温かい). This house is relatively inexpensive - (この家は比較的安い).

比較: "Comparison". The verbal noun '比較 (ひかく)' means 'comparison'. It refers to the act of examining two or more things in order to note their similarities and differences. 比較 is used when analyzing and contrasting different objects, ideas, or situations. For example: The teacher asked the students to make a comparison between the two novels - (先生は生徒に2つの小説を比較するよう求めた). Comparison of the two companies' financial statements - (2つの企業の財務諸表の比較)

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.