fén

beams in the roof of a house confused

Components
林 meaning component

  Meaning component

lín

  

forest

forest

分 sound component

  Sound component

fēnfèn

  

divide

Evolution

棼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
棼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
棼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
棼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fén

beams in the roof of a house confused, disordered; beams in roof; confused