分

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) To separate (八) with a knife (刀)

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

分 (radical 18 刀+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹 (CSH), four-corner 8022₇, composition ⿱八刀)

1. to divide
2. small unit of time etc.
3. the number 1/10; 0.1

Derived characters

• 雰, 忿

References

• KangXi: page 136, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1853
• Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 321, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5206

See also

• Chinese Numeral 分
  • Next: 厘
  • Last: 一
  • Last: 〇

• 丈 , 尺 , 寸

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): pin, pun, fun, fùn, fūn
• Min Nan (POJ): pun / hun / hūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: fên¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
    • IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹
    • Yale: fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pin, pun, fun, fùn, fūn
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bin1, bun1, fun1, fun4
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun / hun / hūn
    • Tâi-lô: pun / hun / hūn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁴⁴/, /hun⁴⁴/, /hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun³⁴/, /hun³⁴/, /hun²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (分, reconstructed)
Character (分), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 文 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 府文切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɨun/	/pi̯uən/	/piuən/	/piun/	/pun/	/pĭuən/	/piuən/
Character (分), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 文 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 扶問切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bɨunH/	/bʱi̯uənH/	/biuənH/	/biunH/	/bunH/	/bĭuənH/	/biuənH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (分, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
分								fēn								‹ pjun ›								/*pə[n]/								divide
分								fèn								‹ bjunH ›								/*[m]-pə[n]-s/								alloted duty
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
分					3148					分					文					1					分					/*pɯn/
分					3191					分					文					1					分					/*bɯns/

Verb

分

1. to divide, to separate

   • 這項工作分兩階段進行。 [MSC, trad.]

     这项工作分两阶段进行。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè xiàng gōngzuò fēn liǎng jiēduàn jìnxíng. [Pinyin]

     This exercise is divided into two stages.

2. to distribute, to allocate, to assign, to allot

   • 他和兒子分吃了一張比薩餅。 [MSC, trad.]

     他和儿子分吃了一张比萨饼。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā hé érzǐ fēn chī le yī zhāng bǐsàbǐng. [Pinyin]

     He shared a pizza with his son.

   • 他和我一起分苹果。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Tā hé wǒ yīqǐ fēn píngguǒ. [Pinyin]

     He divided the apples with me.

   • 他们分到了一幢住房。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Tāmen fēn dào le yī zhuàng zhùfáng. [Pinyin]

     They were allotted a house to live in.

3. to distinguish, to differentiate, to tell apart

   • 我分不清他們。他們長得太像了 [MSC, trad.]

     我分不清他们。他们长得太像了 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ fēn bù qīng tāmen. Tāmen cháng dé tài xiàng le [Pinyin]

     I cannot tell them apart. they are very much alike.

   • 他是一個懦夫，一個分不清蠻力和大丈夫氣概的恃強凌弱者。 [MSC, trad.]

     他是一个懦夫，一个分不清蛮力和大丈夫气概的恃强凌弱者。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā shì yī ge nuòfū, yī ge fēn bù qīng mánlì hé dàzhàngfū qìgài de shìqiánglíngruò zhě. [Pinyin]

     He's a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood.

Noun

分

1. minute (unit of time)
   • 分鐘／分钟 ("minute")

   • 現在是7點45分。 [MSC, trad.]

     现在是7点45分。 [MSC, simp.]

     Xiànzài shì 7 diǎn 45 fēn. [Pinyin]

     It's quarter to eight now.

2. minute (unit of angle, 1/60 of a degree))
3. fraction
   • 分之 ("used to indicate a fraction")
4. (sports, games) point; mark;

   • 本題佔五十分。 [MSC, trad.]

     本题占五十分。 [MSC, simp.]

     Běntí zhàn wǔshí fēn. [Pinyin]

     This question counts for 50 points.

   • 我得了多少分?  ―  wǒ dé le duōshào fēn?  ―  What's my score?
5. one tenth
6. (unit of money) 0.01 元 (yuan)
7. (Hong Kong) fan, a traditional unit of length, legally defined as 0.1 tsun (寸) or 0.00371475 metres (米)
8. (archaic) an ancient small unit of time
9. abbreviation of 市分, a unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm

See also

• (unit of length): 丈 , 尺 , 寸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): pin, pun, fun, fùn, fūn
• Min Nan (POJ): pun / hun / hūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: fên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁶
    • Yale: fahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pin, pun, fun, fùn, fūn
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bin1, bun1, fun1, fun4
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun / hun / hūn
    • Tâi-lô: pun / hun / hūn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁴⁴/, /hun⁴⁴/, /hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun³⁴/, /hun³⁴/, /hun²²/

Noun

分

1. part, share
2. ingredient, component

Classifier

分

1. classifier for gifts, newspaper, papers, reports, contracts

Compounds

Beginning with 分

ABCDFG 分兵 分拨 分表 分辨 (to distinguish) 分辩 (to exculpate, to defend oneself) 分别 分布 分担 分寸 (the limits of proper speech or conduct) 分成 (to divide into parts) 分厂 (sub-factory or branch factory) 分发 分房 分封 (subinfeudate) 分割 (to cut up) 分隔 HIJKLM 分行* 分和 分开 分科 (subdiscipline, department, section) 分库* 分级 分局* 分解 分界 分机 分类 (n: category, type; v: to sort, categorize) 分类学 (taxonomy) 分离 (separate) 分离主义 (separatism) 分裂 (separate, split) 分裂主义 分量 (to weigh) 分力 (component of forces) 分流 (diffluence, distributary, shunt) 分明 分母 分秒 (every minute and second) PQRST 分配 分批 分派 分片 分歧 分期 分清 分权 分区 分头 分体 分贴 分散 分身 (attend to something else, be distracted) 分数 分送 分手 分切 分却 分润 WXYZ 分析 分享 分心 分外 (particularly, especially) 分为 分销 分校* (branch school or sub-school) 分晓 (outcome, solution, clear, clearly) 分压 ((Chemistry) partial pressure) 分忧 分院* 分与 (to share with) 分野 分页 分支 分之 分赃 分子 分组 分株 分则 (special provisions) 分钟

Not beginning with 分

成分 部分 气分 区分

Usage notes

• Terms marked with * are regular formations from nouns (e.g. 分校， 分行).
• In the word 处分 (chǔfèn), this character is pronounced fèn (fen4).
• When pronounced fen4, this character is equivalent to 份

References

• (Mandarin) "分" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-01.
• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Noun

分 (hiragana ふん, romaji fun)

1. a minute (unit of time)
2. a minute (unit of angle)

分 (hiragana ぶん, romaji bun)

1. part; share

   このケーキは君の分だよ。

   kono kēki wa kimi no bun da yo.

   this piece of cake is yours. (your share; it implies there are other pieces of cake.)

分 (hiragana ぶ, romaji bu)

1. an obsolete unit of currency equal to four 両 (ryō)

Counter

分 (hiragana ふん, romaji -fun)

1. minutes (duration)

Minutes in Japanese
一分 (いっぷん, ippun)	二分 (にふん, nifun)	三分 (さんぷん, sanpun)	四分 (よんぷん, yonpun)	五分 (ごふん, gofun)	六分 (ろっぷん, roppun)	七分 (ななふん/しちふん, nanafun/shichifun)	八分 (はちふん/はっぷん, hachifun/happun)	九分 (きゅうふん, kyūfun)	十分 (じっぷん/じゅっぷん, jippun/juppun)

Related terms

• わける (wakeru): "to divide"
• わかる (wakaru): "to understand"

Kanji

分

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ぶん (bun), ふん (fun)
• Kan’on: ふん (fun)
• Kan’yōon: ぶ (bu)
• Kun: わける (wakeru), わかる (wakaru), わかれる (wakareru)

Compounds

• 分類 (ぶんるい, bunrui, “classification”)
• 分類学 (ぶんるいがく, bunruigaku, “taxonomy”)
• 存分
• 多分

• 半分
• 自分
• 市分

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Korean

Hanja

分 (bun)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 분 (revised: bun, McCune-Reischauer: pun, Yale: pwun)

• Name (hangeul): 나눌 (revised: nanul, McCune-Reischauer: nanul)

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Vietnamese

Han character

分 (phân, phận, phần)

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