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divide/minute

HSK 1 N4
fēn, fèn
ブン、フン、ブ
わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かつ
Depicts a knife ( 刀 ) being used to cut two things apart (八).
Components
eight+ sword =
divide/minute
Phonetic component
eight
Depicts two things being separated.
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Iconic component
dāo sword
knife
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 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)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[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)
[fèn]
part; share; ingredient; component
Japanese
ふん 同音

noun

  1. minute (unit of time)
  2. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
同音

numeric

  1. 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

  1. one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)
  2. thickness
  3. advantageous circumstances
  4. one-tenth of a monme of silver
ぶん 同音

noun

  1. part; portion; share
  2. one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position
  3. one's duty; one's part
  4. condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate")
  5. in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree

n-suf

  1. amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for)
  2. content (e.g. alcohol); percentage
  3. equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
わけ
Wake surname