• 比較ひかく — comparison
• 比率ひりつ — ratio; proportion
• 比重ひじゅう — specific gravity; relative weight
• 対比たいひ — contrast
• 比くらべる — to compare
• 比較的ひかくてき — relatively

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比 depicts two figures side by side, evoking the act of setting things next to each other to compare. It functions as both a radical and an independent character, central to words about contrast and proportion.

ふたつの商品しょうひんを 比くらべて 選えらびました。
I compared the two products and made a choice.

この国くには 他ほかの 国くにと 比くらべて 安全あんぜんです。
This country is safe compared to others.