Zi:分

分 [fēn] divide, separate; fraction; part, branch; minute (of time) [fèn] weight, portion; (HDZ:) … [fén] (​地​名) [bàn] ​瓣

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 分 fēn ‘divide/separate’ combines ​刀 dāo ‘knife/cut’, and ​八 bā ‘eight/divide’ (phonosemantic): ​八 the broken line (⚋) cut/divided by the knife.
    Compare: ​纷/​紛 fēn ‘horse-hair sheath (of a knife/sword)’, in which 分, in which ​八 (sheath), and ​刀 ‘knife’.
    Compare: ​八 bā ← MC /pet/, 分 fēn/fèn ← MC /pjuən/bjuəns/ (SBGY).
    Compare: 分 fēn/fèn ‘divide/portion’; 分 fēn (v.) ‘divide’ (分​开); 分 fèn (n.) ‘portion’ (​份).
    Compare: ​纷/​紛 fēn (as in ​纷​乱); ​份 fèn ‘portion’ (also wr. 分).
    Compare: ​别/​別(​𠛰) bié ‘divide/separate’; ​辨(​辧) biàn ‘differentiate’, ​辡 biàn ‘quarrel/difference (among thieves)’, ​釆(​𠂠) biàn ‘discern/distinguish’.
    Compare: ​刅 chuāng ‘wound/injury’ (​创​伤); ​办/​辦 bàn ‘do, handle’.
    HDZ: 分 : fēn : (SW: ​𠛰/​别) 分​开, 分​割; 分​出, ​派分 (​区分, 分​别); 分​支, ​从​主​体分​出​的​部分 (分​会, 分​局, 分​队, ​第​三分​册); ​离, ​散; 分​配, ​给​与; 分​担; ​异, ​区​别; ​明, ​清​楚; 分​解, ​辩​白; ​一​半; (​古) (​春分, ​秋分); ​成​数, ​一分​即​一​成, ​通​常​指​十分​之​一 (​三分​天​资, ​七分​努​力); (​量​词) ​长​度, ​尺​的​百分​之​一; ​紛: ​纷​乱​貌; (​姓) • fèn : ​份: ​所分​之​物, ​整​体​中​的​部分 (​股​份/分, ​部分); ​成分 (​水分, ​养分, ​肥分); ​度, 分​量; ​制, ​原​则; ​职分; ​身分; ​资​质; ​缘分, ​命​运, ​机​遇; ​情分; ​料​想; ​该, ​应​当; (​量​词) ​份; ​律​谓​之分 • fén : (​地​名) • bàn : ​瓣: ​瓜​类​的​子​实
    HDC: 分​别 : ​区​别, 分​辨; 分​头, ​各​自; ​划分; ​差​別, ​不​同; ​离​别; (​佛​教) ​凡​夫​之​虚​妄​计​度; ​妄​加​区分
►references: Guǎngyùn:111.14,396.43; Karlgren:AD29,GSR471a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.321.3; Lindqvist:252; Mathews:1851; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:136.04; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:009.0.07; Wáng(1993):86; EDOC:1
►components: ​八​刀​
►Cantonese: fan\ fahn-
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Unicode: U+5206
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