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分fēn · fèn · fen

to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity. 4 strokes, radical 刀, first met in HSK 1.

Pinyin fēn · fèn · fenStrokes 4Radical 刀Band HSK 1Words 35

How to write 分

Strokes 1–2 write 八, then strokes 3–4 write 刀.

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Stroke order chart for 分 — 4 strokes, radical 刀

Write 分 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 分 · the stroke-order rules

What 分 is made of

八 (bā, eight) and 刀 (dāo, knife).

Pieces 八 being further subdivided with a knife 刀.

Words that use 分

分(fēn) minute
时钟计量一小时内六十等份之一的细小刻度

哎呀,我早上七点零五分就出车了,路上稍微堵了一会儿。Oh, I set off at five minutes past seven this morning, and the road was a bit jammed for a while.

Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 8, 时间与每天的生活

部(bù)分(fen) part, section, portion
整体当中的一小块

部分青年参加了公益调研。A portion of the young people took part in the public survey.

Lesson 7, 去参观 · 谨言慎行与辨微格物 · Discernment, Daily Judgment & Nuance

分(fēn)开(kāi) to separate, to part ways
两个人或物不再连在一起

火车站里,他们依依不舍地分开了。At the train station, they reluctantly parted.

Lesson 23, 复习功课 · 繁弦急管与民生日用 · Community Living, Daily Care & Festive Rhythms

分(fēn)数(shù) exam score, mark
考试或测验得到的具体成绩数字

这次考试,他的分数提高了不少。In this exam, his score improved quite a lot.

Lesson 23, 复习功课 · 繁弦急管与民生日用 · Community Living, Daily Care & Festive Rhythms

分(fēn)钟(zhōng) minute (unit of time)
计量时间长短的一种单位

跑完这一圈用了十分钟。It took ten minutes to finish this lap.

Lesson 23, 复习功课 · 繁弦急管与民生日用 · Community Living, Daily Care & Festive Rhythms

十(shí)分(fēn) very, extremely
表示程度非常高

这个消息让他十分振奋。This news made him extremely excited.

Lesson 66, 食物 · 尺璧寸阴与笃志力行 · Punctual Dedication, Deep Reflection & Living Ecology

分(fēn)配(pèi) to allocate
按照一定的办法把东西分给大家

老师把打扫任务分配给每个小组。The teacher will allocate the cleaning tasks to each group.

Lesson 142, 规范与标准 · 科学技术与探索发现 · Science, Technology & Logic

分(fēn)别(bié) to part ways
各自离开,不再待在一起

欢聚过后大家终须分别。After the happy reunion, everyone had to part ways eventually.

Lesson 182, 走亲访友与奔赴团圆 · 节日民俗与礼尚往来 · Festivals, Folk Traditions & Social Courtesies

分(fēn)组(zǔ) to divide into groups
把一群人分成几个小队

同学们分组探究这道难题。The classmates split into groups to investigate the difficult problem.

Lesson 183, 课堂教学与教材单元 · 校园学术与青春求知 · Campus Academics, Teaching & Training

得(dé)分(fēn) to score points
在比赛中拿到分数

前锋起脚破门为球队得分。The striker shot the ball in and scored for the team.

Lesson 184, 体育训练与竞技得分 · 校园学术与青春求知 · Campus Academics, Teaching & Training

and 25 more in the catalogue.

Characters that contain 分

份fèn纷fēn扮bàn盆pén粉fěn盼pàn贫pín氛fēn

More characters with the radical 刀

All 6 of them, and what the radical means, on the 刀 radical page.

切qiè初chū刀dāo剪jiǎn券quàn