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As we know this kanji means "divide / part / minute / understand" and many
other meanings but these are the main meanings .. and I can understand the
first two because they are related to the etymology of the kanji but I can't
understand the meanings "minute" and "understand"...

I read before something like "because it meant part and minute is part of the
hour it also meant minute", but I think this is not a clear explanation,
because for example second is a part of the minute and the hour is a part of
the day so why does this kanji especially mean 'minute'?

And for the last meaning I didn't find any explanation .. how does this kanji
mean "understand"?
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Question about kanji 分?
In Japanese, "understanding" is actually addressed with the intransitive verb
分かります, which means "it breaks down", i.e. "this breaks down/makes sense (for
me)":

日本語 **が** 分かります。

Note that 日本語 (Japanese) is the subject here (hence が), and it's the thing
doing the breaking down, or in more 'English' terms, being
understandable/comprehensible. The Japanese usage is, of course, a bit more
metaphorical.

As for hours/minutes, this is largely educated conjecture on my part, but it's
pretty reasonable to consider minutes as being merely divisions or parts of an
hour.
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