分 fēn divide
divide; minute; point; cent
How to remember 分: 八 eight + 刀 knife = divide. At the birthday party mum counts eight hungry kids, takes the big knife and carefully divides the pizza.
Component breakdown
分 = 八 eight + 刀 knife
- 八 eight
- 刀 knife
At the birthday party mum counts eight hungry kids, takes the big knife and carefully divides the pizza.
How it came to be
Two strokes turning away from each other, set over a knife. The knife is doing the work and the two strokes are the result: one thing going two ways.
How it is used
- Read fēn it means divide / split and the small units minute, point, cent - 分钟 (fēnzhōng) minute, 十分 (shífēn) fully / very, 分开 (fēnkāi) separate.
- Read fèn it means a share or portion - 部分 (bùfen) a part, 身份 (shēnfèn) identity.
Characters built with 分
Words with 分
- 分钟fēnzhōngminuteHSK 1
- 分开fēnkāito separateHSK 3
- 得分défēnto score a pointHSK 3
- 部分bùfenpartHSK 4
- 十分shífēnveryHSK 4
- 分为fēnwéito divide something into (parts)HSK 4
- 分数fēnshùgradeHSK 4
- 充分chōngfènampleHSK 5
- 分享fēnxiǎngto shareHSK 5
- 分别fēnbiéto partHSK 5
- 分布fēnbùto scatterHSK 5
- 分手fēnshǒuto part companyHSK 5
- 分析fēnxīto analyzeHSK 5
- 分离fēnlíto separateHSK 5
- 分类fēnlèito classifyHSK 5
- 分配fēnpèito distributeHSK 5
- 学分xuéfēncourse creditHSK 5
- 成分chéngfèncompositionHSK 5
- 比分bǐfēnscore (of a game or competition)HSK 5
- 水分shuǐfènmoisture contentHSK 5
- 过分guòfènexcessiveHSK 5
- 分工fēngōngto divide up the workHSK 6
- 分散fēnsànto scatterHSK 6
- 分期fēnqīby stagesHSK 6
- 分级fēnjíto rankHSK 6
- 划分huàfēnto divide upHSK 6
- 区分qūfēnto differentiateHSK 6
- 百分点bǎifēndiǎnpercentage pointHSK 6
- 万分wànfēnvery muchHSK 7
- 分化fēnhuàto split apartHSK 7
- 分发fēnfāto distributeHSK 7
- 分外fènwàiexceptionallyHSK 7
- 分成fēnchéngto divide (into)HSK 7
- 分担fēndānto shareHSK 7
- 分支fēnzhībranch (of company, river etc)HSK 7
- 分明fēnmíngclearHSK 7
- 分红fēnhóngdividendHSK 7
- 分解fēnjiěto resolveHSK 7
- 分量fènliàngportion sizeHSK 7
- 处分chǔfènto discipline somebodyHSK 7
Example sentences
- 警察设了分界线。 Jǐngchá shèle fēnjièxiàn.The police put up a cordon.
- 老人人口占总人口的百分之三十。 Lǎorén rénkǒu zhàn zǒng rénkǒu de bǎifēnzhī sān shí.Elderly people account for 30% of the total population.
- 十分钟后开会。 Shí fēnzhōng hòu kāihuì.The meeting will start in 10 minutes.
- 要是你不来，我就跟你分手。 Yàoshi nǐ bù lái, wǒ jiù gēn nǐ fēnshǒu.If you don't come, I am going to break up with you.