分
fen1
= f + (e)n1
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 / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
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Symbol for 分: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster (f-) participates in the annual championship of chopping eightballs (八) in front of the Forbidden City (-en1). Using a cleaver (刀), he chops as many eightballs as he can in one minute (分).
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Chop chop chop

I get the feeling that when 刀 appears, something will get chopped to pieces. First I had a story like "F measuring the tilt of 天安门 square by rolling eightballs and measuring the time", when I noticed that I still needed to include the cleaver. From there it was just "something gets chopped badly". I'm thinking of finding a separate story for the fen4 meaning, but for now I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.


Composition: 分 = 八 + 刀

分
fen1 =
f + (e)n1

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 / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 分

Symbol for this character: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster participates in the annual championship of chopping eightballs in front of the Forbidden City. Using a cleaver, he chops as many eightballs as he can in one minute. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

fen4 =
f + (e)n4

part / share / ingredient / component | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 分

分
=
八
+
刀
八
ba1 =
b + a1

eight / 8 | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 八

Mnemonic symbol: eightball.

Beelzebub (b-) is balancing two eightballs in front of the Adziogol Lighthouse (-a1): One on a banana (丿) and one on a finger (㇏). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

八
=
丿
+
㇏
丿
pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

八
=
丿
+
㇏
㇏
xx5

character component without inherent meaning / see 捺 | add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇏

It's a finger! - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

分
=
八
+
刀
刀
dao1 =
d + ao1

surname Dao | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 刀

dao1 =
d + ao1

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / (slang) dollar (loanword) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 刀

In other characters: More like a cleaver, while 刂 is a kitchen knife. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting


Don Quixote serves his good deed of the day in front of the Taos Pueblo. In order to feed the people, he uses a plough to dig up some bananas, and cuts them into slices with a broad cleaver type knife. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

刀
=
㇆
+
丿
㇆
xx5

A stroke without inherent meaning | add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇆

A flute and a crowbar are forming a plough. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

㇆
=
一
+
亅
一
yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

㇆
=
一
+
亅
亅
jue2 =
ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅

Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

刀
=
㇆
+
丿
丿
pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Wikimedia Commons:Stroke Order Project

分 order 18a6a1fb30193074e9cee9e5c7f5ea595d1487a4daf22f3a62e3ddd21183a6be

分 appears as component in

份 扮 纷 氛 盆 盼 贫 粉
吩
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颁 岔 掰 芬 寡 忿 汾 酚 玢 棼 坌 鼢 鳻 麄 坋 蚡 釁 魵 兝 枌 瓰 紛 攽 貧 邠 雰 頒

分 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 1

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

f

Frankenstein's Monster - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
(e)n1

In front of the Forbidden City - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago
(e)n4

In the Forbidden City's bathroom - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

Words with 分

分
fen1
钟
zhong1
minute (HSK level 1)
分
fen1
之
zhi1
(indicating a fraction) (HSK level 4)
部
bu4
分
fen5
part / share / section / piece / CL:個|个[ge4] (HSK level 4)
十
shi2
分
fen1
to divide into ten equal parts / very / hundred percent / completely / extremely / utterly / absolutely (HSK level 4)
分
fen1
布
bu4
distributed / to distribute (HSK level 5)
充
chong1
分
fen4
ample / sufficient / adequate / full / fully / to the full (HSK level 5)
分
fen1
别
bie2
to part or leave each other / to distinguish / difference / in different ways / differently / separately or individually (HSK level 5)
成
cheng2
分
fen4
composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / CL:個|个[ge4] (HSK level 5)
分
fen1
配
pei4
to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive) (HSK level 5)
分
fen1
析
xi1
to analyze / analysis / CL:個|个[ge4] (HSK level 5)
过
guo4
分
fen4
excessive / undue / overly (HSK level 5)
分
fen1
明
ming2
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
量
liang4
(vector) component (HSK level 6)
分
fen4
量
liang5
quantity / weight / measure (HSK level 6)
划
hua4
分
fen1
to divide (HSK level 6)
百
bai3
分
fen1
点
dian3
percentage point (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
红
hong2
dividend / to award a bonus (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
散
san4
to scatter / to disperse / to distribute (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
裂
lie4
to split up / to divide / to break up / fission / schism (HSK level 6)
处
chu3
分
fen4
to discipline sb / to punish / disciplinary action / to deal with (a matter) / CL:個|个[ge4] (HSK level 6)
万
wan4
分
fen1
very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
辨
bian4
to distinguish / to differentiate / to resolve (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
寸
cun5
propriety / appropriate behavior / proper speech or action / within the norms (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
手
shou3
to split up / to break up (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
歧
qi2
difference (of opinion, position) / bifurcation (HSK level 6)
区
qu1
分
fen1
to differentiate / to find differing aspects (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
解
jie3
to resolve / to decompose / to break down (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
泌
mi4
to secrete / secretion (HSK level 6)
分
fen1
期
qi1
by stages / staggered / step by step / in installments
分
fen1
批
pi1
to do sth in batches or groups
分
fen1
析
xi1
器
qi4
analyzer
百
bai3
分
fen1
之
zhi1
一
yi1
百
bai3
one hundred percent / totally (effective)
均
jun1
分
fen1
to split / to divide equally
分
fen4
外
wai4
exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job
评
ping2
分
fen1
to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work)
身
shen1
分
fen4
variant of 身份 / identity / status / capacity / dignity / position / rank
分
fen1
担
dan1
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
分
fen1
为
wei2
to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide
分
fen1
水
shui3
岭
ling3
water divide / watershed
不
bu4
法
fa3
分
fen4
子
zi3
law-breakers / offenders

Example sentences for 分

玉 帝 处 分 了 他  →
Jade Emperor - discipline - (le) - he
The Jade Emperor already disciplined him
处 分 得 好 早 该 这 样  →
discipline - well - early - should - like this
He did very well, he should have done so earlier
这 分 明 就 是 他 们 另 一 套 四 书 五 经 嘛  →
爹 妈 在 世 的 时 候 多 守 本 分  →
不 知 哪 世 修 来 的 福 分 ?  →
咱 大 伙 先 分 头 去 找  →
分 头 去 找  →

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