(fēn) - minute; point; to divide in Mandarin

fēn

Traditional: 分

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Translation

minute; point; to divide

Word origin

An associative character: 八 (to divide, split apart) over 刀 (dao) 'knife'. A knife dividing something gives the sense 'to divide', extended to 'minute' and 'a fraction'.

Origin: ideograph
Root: 八 ('divide') + 刀 (dao, 'knife')

Stroke order

分

Examples

。

It is ten past five.

九jiǔ。

He scored ninety points.

八bā。

Please divide the cake into eight pieces.

百bǎi。

He got a hundred points.

分 (fēn) means minute, point or to divide.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 分.

分钟fēn zhōngminute 部分bù fenpart, portion, section 一部分yí bù fena part, a portion 十分shí fēnvery, extremely, fully 分手fēn shǒuto break up, to split up, to part 分享fēn xiǎngto share, to share in 分开fēn kāito separate, to part, to split up 大部分dà bù fenmost, the majority, the greater part

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This word is part of lesson 19.