Depicts a knife ( 刀 ) being used to cut two things apart (八).
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Historical Evolution
分
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
分
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
分
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
分
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
分
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
分
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
分
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
分
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
分
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
分
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
分
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
分 [fēn]
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
Japanese
noun
- minute (unit of time)
- fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
numeric
- one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)
noun
- one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)
- thickness
- advantageous circumstances
- one-tenth of a monme of silver
noun
- part; portion; share
- one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position
- one's duty; one's part
- condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate")
- in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree
n-suf
- amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for)
- content (e.g. alcohol); percentage
- equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
分 わけ
Wake surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
分钟 [fēnzhōng] #324
minute
分钟 [fēnzhōng] #324
minute
部分 [bùfen] #623
part
分析 [fēnxī] #1,751
to analyze
十分 [shífēn] #1,466
very
分享 [fēnxiǎng] #1,905
to share (let others have some of sth good)
分别 [fēnbié] #5,151
to part or leave each other
分别 [fēnbié] #5,151
to part or leave each other
充分 [chōngfèn] #3,966
ample
分手 [fēnshǒu] #1,324
to part company
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