分

分 U+5206, 分 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5206 ← 刅 [U+5205] CJK Unified Ideographs 切 → [U+5207]

Stroke order

Stroke order

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

• 份 吩 坋 妢 岎 帉 㤋 扮 汾 𢺺 昐 朌 枌 㸮 玢 肦 瓰 盼 砏 秎 竕 衯 𥘶 粉 紛(纷) 羒 翂 聁 蚡 訜 躮 酚 兝 鈖 馚 䭻 魵 黺 鼢
• 邠 𢺹 攽 頒(颁) 鳻 𥽡 坌 岔 弅 忿 炃 瓫 盆 兺 蚠 貧(贫) 麄 㞣 芬 哛 棼 雰 釁 氛 掰 椕 㟗

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

trad.		分
simp. #		分

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 八 (“to separate”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to separate with a knife.

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.

   分成五塊／分成五块 [Cantonese]  ―  fan¹ sing⁴ ng⁵ faai³ [Jyutping]  ―  split into 5 pieces

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.

   他們分到了一幢住房。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们分到了一幢住房。 [MSC, 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.

4. to break up; to end a relationship; to separate

   See also: 分手

5. (Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese) to give
6. (Hakka, Teochew) by

   分人罵／分人骂 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  pûn ngìn ma [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  to be scolded (by people)

7. minute (unit of time)

   分鐘／分钟  ―  fēnzhōng  ―  minute

   現在是7點45分。／现在是7点45分。  ―  Xiànzài shì 7 diǎn 45 fēn.  ―  It's quarter to eight now.

8. minute (unit of angle, 1/60 of a degree)
9. fraction; proportion

   分之  ―  fēnzhī  ―  used to indicate a fraction

10. (education, competition, etc.) point; mark

    本題佔五十分。／本题占五十分。  ―  Běntí zhàn wǔshí fēn.  ―  This question counts for 50 points.

    我得了多少分？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

    Wǒ dé le duōshǎo fēn? [Pinyin]

    What's my score?

    攞高分／𫽋高分 [Cantonese]  ―  lo² gou¹ fan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to get high marks

11. one tenth
12. [from 19th c., officially from 1981 (PRC), 1985 (ROC)] deci- (SI unit prefix)
13. (economy, numismatics) 0.01 yuan (or dollars, etc.); fen; cent
14. (Shanghainese, slang) ten yuan (or dollars, etc.) (Classifier: 張／张 w)
15. (Shanghainese, by extension) money

    還分／还分 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶we ¹fen [Wugniu]  ―  to return money

16. one tenth of a 寸 (a unit of length)
    1. (Hong Kong) fan, legally defined as 0.00371475 metres
    2. (Mainland China) short for 市分, equivalent to 0.33 cm
17. one tenth of a 畝 (a unit of area)
18. a candareen (a unit of weight), one tenth of a 錢／钱 (qián, “mace”), and equal to ten 釐 (lí, “cash”)
19. (historical) an ancient small unit of time
20. (Hokkien) to adopt (a child)
21. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to beg (ask for food or money as charity)

• (to divide):

• (to distribute):

• (to distribute):

• (to break up): 分手 (fēnshǒu)
• (to give):

• (by):

• (to beg for food or money):

• (cent):

• (unit of length): 丈 (zhàng), 尺 (chǐ), 寸 (cùn)

SI prefix
Last		Next
n/a	分	釐

Chinese historical small numbers
Value	Character	Notes
10-1	分 (fèn)	Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2	厘 (lí), 釐 (lí)	Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3	毫 (háo)	Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
10-4	絲 / 丝 (sī)	Rarely used today.
	秒 (miǎo)	Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5	忽 (hū)	Rarely used today.
10-6	微 (wēi)	Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7	纖 / 纤 (xiān)	Obsolete.
10-8	沙 (shā)	Obsolete.
10-9	塵 / 尘 (chén)	Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10	埃 (āi)	Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11	渺 (miǎo)	Obsolete.
10-12	漠 (mò)	Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

• → Malay: hun
  • → Indonesian: hun
• → Thai: หุน (hǔn, “a unit of length and weight”)
• → Zhuang: faen

分

1. part; share; portion
2. ingredient; component
3. duty; responsibility
4. status; standing
5. lot; fate; destiny
6. mutual affection
7. alternative form of 份 (fèn, classifier)
8. short for 分之 (fēn zhī)

Many of the senses are now written with the specialised character 份 (fèn).

• (ingredient): 成分 (chéngfèn)

• “分”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Shinjitai	分
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	分󠄁 分+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	分󠄃 分+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC pjun); compare Mandarin 分 (fēn):

• Go-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC bjunH); compare Mandarin 分 (fèn):

• Go-on: ぶん (bun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: わかる (wakaru, 分かる, Jōyō)、わかれる (wakareru, 分かれる, Jōyō)、わける (wakeru, 分ける, Jōyō)、わかつ (wakatsu, 分かつ, Jōyō)、けじめ (kejime, 分)^{←けぢめ (kedime, けぢめ, historical)}
• Nanori: いた (ita)、くまり (kumari)、ちか (chika)、わか (waka)、わけ (wake)

Kanji in this term
分
ふん Grade: 2
on'yomi

/pun/ → /fun/

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC pjun, “a minute”).

• (Tokyo) ふん [fúꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

分(ふん) • (-fun) 

1. minutes (duration)

分(ふん) • (fun) 

1. a minute (unit of time)
2. a minute (unit of angle)
3. a unit of weight ¹⁄₁₀ of a 匁 (monme, “3.75g”)

When preceded by a number, the reading changes depending on the phonetic context.

• → Palauan: bung

Kanji in this term
分
ぶん Grade: 2
goon

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC bjunH, “a minute”).

• (Tokyo) ぶん [búꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ɴ]

分(ぶん) • (bun) 

1. a part, a share, a portion

   このケーキは君(きみ)の分(ぶん)だよ。

   Kono kēki wa kimi no bun da yo.

   This piece of cake is your portion.

   一年(いちねん)分(ぶん)のレタス

   ichinen-bun no retasu

   one year's worth of lettuce

Kanji in this term
分
ぶ Grade: 2
kan'yōon

/bun/ → /bu/

Shift from bun above, with influence on the meaning from the Middle Chinese sense tied to original Middle Chinese reading /pɨun/.

• (Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟]

分(ぶ) • (bu) 

1. (historical, obsolete) unit of currency equal to four 両 (ryō) and to ten 釐 (rin)

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC pjun).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	분 (Yale: pwùn)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	ᄂᆞᆫ홀〮 (Yale: nònhwól)	분 (Yale: pwùn)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pun]
• Phonetic hangul: [분]

Wikisource

分 (eumhun 나눌 분 (nanul bun))

1. hanja form^? of 분 (“to divide”)
2. hanja form^? of 분 (“to distribute”)
3. hanja form^? of 분 (“to distinguish”)
4. hanja form^? of 분 (“fraction”)
5. hanja form^? of 분 (“minute (unit of time)”)

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC bjunH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	뿐〮 (Yale: ppwún)
Early Modern Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Juhae Cheonjamun, 1804	분수 (bunsu)	분 (bun)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pu(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [분(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

分 (eumhun 분수(分數) 분 (bunsu bun))

1. hanja form^? of 분 (“part; portion”)
2. hanja form^? of 분 (“component”)
3. hanja form^? of 분 (“status; standing”)
4. hanja form^? of 분 (“mutual affection”)
5. hanja form^? of 분 (“duty; responsibility”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

分: Hán Việt readings: phân, phần, phận

1. chữ Hán form of phân (“divide”)
2. chữ Hán form of phần (“part”)
3. chữ Hán form of phận (“role”)

• 𨑮分院𨑮 (mười phân vẹn mười)