JLPT N5 · Telling time

何分

なんぷん

how many minutes

Stroke order of 何分

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

何 · 7 strokes分 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

何 asks what, and 分 is a knife 刀 splitting 八 into minutes.

Parts: 何 what + 分 minute

The characters in 何分

何なに — what (7 strokes)

Example sentence

何分かかりますか。

なんぷんかかりますか。

How many minutes does it take?

Words with 何

何人how many people 何what 何歳how old 何時what time 何日what day; how many days 何曜日what day of the week 何度もmany times

Words with 分

半分half 一分one minute 三分three minutes 五分five minutes 三十分thirty minutes 分かるto understand 自分oneself 気分feeling; mood 多分probably 分別sorting (garbage)分割division; installments 十分enough; sufficient 余分extra; surplus 大部分most; greater part 部分part; portion 分数fraction 分析analysis 分子molecule

More words: Telling time

一時one o'clock 四時four o'clock 七時seven o'clock 九時nine o'clock 何時what time 一分one minute 三分three minutes 五分five minutes 三十分thirty minutes 一時間one hour 一週間one week 一年one year

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