分

fèn
#79 most
frequent character
part, share, ingredient, component

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

分 has 刀 knife as a picture part and 八 as a picture part showing something split in two. 八 also supplies the sound, though that link is not clear today. The first meaning was 'to split something with a knife'. It grew to 'divide', 'fraction', 'minute', 'part', and for fèn, 'portion' and 'social place'.

Drawn as: knife; split object

分 as a component in other characters

meaning3 characters
吩岔掰
sound21 characters
份纷贫粉芬扮氛盆盼吩颁忿汾酚玢棼

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Same Characters, Different Readings

HSK 3
分fēn
to divide, to separate, to allocate

Homophones

粪fèn
manure
奋fèn
to exert oneself (bound form)
愤fèn
indignant, anger, resentment

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