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HSK 2
fèn
ヒン、フン
うるわ.しい、あき.らか
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
Phonetic component
fēn divide/minute
divide
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[fèn]
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分[fèn]
Example Sentences