Chinese Character Wiki
分

fēn, fèn

divide

Depicts a knife ( 刀 ) being used to cut two things apart (八).

Components
八 sound,iconic component

八  Sound Iconic component

bā

  

eight

Depicts two things being separated.

刀 iconic component

刀  Iconic component

dāo

  

knife

Evolution

分 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
分 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
分 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
分 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
分 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

分  

fēn

divide; small unit of time etc.; to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); part or subdivision; fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

分  

fèn

part; share; ingredient; component

Most common words with 分
Freq.
Word
Meaning

分

to divide

分钟

minute

部分

part

分析

to analyze

十分

very

Component uses

Meaning component in 6 characters (0 verified)

貧 贫 颁 頒 岔 掰

Sound component in 23 characters (6 verified)

份 紛 纷 粉 扮 盼 貧 贫 芬 氛 盆 吩 颁 頒 忿 汾 酚 玢 棼 邠 坌 鼢 棻

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pə[n]

pjun

fēn

divide

*[m]-pə[n]-s

bjunH

fèn

alloted duty


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 97.3410% of movies

170th most common character in movies

79th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5206

Shuowen

“分，別也。从八，从刀，刀以分別物也。”


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