# 分

| 分 | U+5206, &#20998; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5206 |
| ← 刅 [U+5205] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 切 → [U+5207] |

## Translingual
### Han character

分 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹 (CSH), four-corner 8022$_7$, composition ⿱八刀)

#### Derived characters

* 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

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 分 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 扮 | *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ |
| 盼 | *pʰrɯːns |
| 頒 | *praːn, *bɯn |
| 朌 | *praːn, *bɯn |
| 鳻 | *praːn, *bɯn |
| 份 | *prɯn, *bɯns |
| 汃 | *pʰreːd, *prɯn |
| 玢 | *prɯn |
| 邠 | *prɯn |
| 攽 | *prɯn |
| 砏 | *prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn |
| 貧 | *brɯn |
| 湓 | *pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns |
| 盆 | *bɯːn |
| 葐 | *bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn |
| 坌 | *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns |
| 坋 | *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns |
| 分 | *pɯn, *bɯns |
| 吩 | *pɯn |
| 粉 | *pɯnʔ |
| 黺 | *pɯnʔ |
| 芬 | *pʰɯn |
| 紛 | *pʰɯn |
| 衯 | *pʰɯn |
| 棻 | *pʰɯn, *bɯn |
| 氛 | *pʰɯn, *bɯn |
| 雰 | *pʰɯn |
| 忿 | *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ |
| 魵 | *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ |
| 汾 | *bɯn |
| 羒 | *bɯn |
| 枌 | *bɯn |
| 棼 | *bɯn |
| 妢 | *bɯn |
| 梤 | *bɯn |
| 馚 | *bɯn |
| 鼢 | *bɯn, *bɯnʔ |
| 蚡 | *bɯn, *bɯnʔ |
| 弅 | *bɯnʔ |
| 秎 | *bɯns |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 八 (“to separate”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to separate with a knife.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fēn (fen$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fen$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): fěn
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): fěn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фын (fɨn, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fun$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fiin$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pûn / fûn
    (Hailu, HRS): bun$^ˋ$ / fun$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bun$^1$ / fun$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): feng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): puíng
* Eastern Min (BUC): buŏng / hŭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bong$^1$ / buong$^1$ / hong$^1$ / huong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pun / hun
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bung$^1$ / hung$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$fen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fen$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fen
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^1$
*** Yale: fēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (分兒 / 分儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fēnr
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fenr
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: fēnr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fel
*** Palladius: фэньр (fɛnʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /fəɻ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fen$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fen
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: fěn
*** Sinological IPA : /fẽ²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: fěn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): fen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fə̃¹¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фын (fɨn, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /fəŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^1$
*** Yale: fān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fun³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fiin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɨn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn / fûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: bun$^ˊ$ / fun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bun$^1$ / fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴/, /fun²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bun$^ˋ$ / fun$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun⁵³/, /fun⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bun$^1$ / fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun⁴⁴/, /fun⁴⁴/
* pûn - vernacular (“to divide; to separate; to distribute; to give; by”);
* fûn - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit分 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /fən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /fən⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /fən²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /fẽ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /fə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /fən²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /fẽ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /fə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /fəŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /fə̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /fɤŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /fən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /fən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /fen⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /fə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /fən³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /fən²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /fəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xuŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /fə̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /fəŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /fən⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /fen³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /faŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /fʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /fɛ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fən³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɸən³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fɨn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fun⁴⁴/ ～配 /pun⁴⁴/ 給 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pun²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fɐn⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /fɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /fɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hun⁵⁵/ /pun⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /puoŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xɔŋ⁵⁴/ /puiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /luŋ³³/ /puŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbun²³/ /hun²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: pjun
Rime :
| Character | 分 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 府文切 |
| Baxter | pjun |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pun/ |
| Li Rong | /piuən/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fēn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pə[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pɯn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 分 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fēn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjun › |
| Old Chinese | /*pə[n]/ |
| English | divide |
| 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 | 分 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3148 |
| Phonetic component | 分 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 分 |
| Old Chinese | /*pɯn/ |

#### Definitions

分
* to divide; to separate
       Zhè xiàng gōngzuò fēn liǎng jiēduàn jìnxíng. [Pinyin]
       This exercise is divided into two stages.
    分成五塊／分成五块 [Cantonese] ― fan$^1$ sing$^4$ ng$^5$ faai$^3$ [Jyutping] ― split into 5 pieces
* to distribute; to allocate; to assign; to allot
       Tā hé érzǐ fēn chī le yī zhāng bǐsàbǐng. [Pinyin]
       He shared a pizza with his son.
       Tā hé wǒ yīqǐ fēn píngguǒ. [Pinyin]
       He divided the apples with me.
       Tāmen fēn dào le yī zhuàng zhùfáng. [Pinyin]
       They were allotted a house to live in.
* to distinguish; to differentiate; to tell apart
       Wǒ fēn bù qīng tāmen. Tāmen cháng dé tài xiàng le. [Pinyin]
       I cannot tell them apart. They are very much alike.
       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.
* to break up; to end a relationship; to separate
    See also: 分手
* (Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese) to give
* (Hakka, Teochew) by
    分人罵／分人骂 [Sixian Hakka] ― pûn ngìn ma [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― to be scolded (by people)
* 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.
* minute (unit of angle, 1/60 of a degree)
* fraction; proportion
    分之 ― fēnzhī ― used to indicate a fraction
* (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.
       Wǒ dé le duōshǎo fēn? [Pinyin]
       What's my score?
    攞高分／𫽋高分 [Cantonese] ― lo$^2$ gou$^1$ fan$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to get high marks
* one tenth
* [from 19th c., officially from 1981 (PRC), 1985 (ROC)] deci- (SI unit prefix)
* (economy, numismatics) 0.01 yuan (or dollars, etc.); fen; cent
* (Shanghainese, slang) ten yuan (or dollars, etc.) (Classifier: 張／张 w)
* (Shanghainese, by extension) money
    還分／还分 [Shanghainese] ― $^6$we $^1$fen [Wugniu] ― to return money
* one tenth of a 寸 (a unit of length)
** (Hong Kong) fan, legally defined as 0.00371475 metres
** (Mainland China) Short for 市分, equivalent to 0.33 cm
* one tenth of a 畝 (a unit of area)
* a candareen (a unit of weight), one tenth of a 錢／钱 (qián, “mace”), and equal to ten 釐 (lí, “cash”)
* (historical) an ancient small unit of time
* (Hokkien) to adopt (a child)
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to beg (ask for food or money as charity)

##### Synonyms

* (to divide):
* 分隔 (fēngé)
* 劃分 / 划分 (huàfēn)
* 區隔 / 区隔 (qūgé)
* (to distribute):
* 分發 / 分发 (fēnfā)
* 分給 / 分给 (fēngěi)
* 分配 (fēnpèi)
* 放
* 派
* 發 / 发
* (to distribute):
* 分別 / 分别 (fēnbié)
* 分化 (fēnhuà)
* 分揀 / 分拣 (fēnjiǎn) (literary)
* 分辨 (fēnbiàn)
* 判別 / 判别 (pànbié)
* 別白 / 别白 (biébái) (literary)
* 劃分 / 划分 (huàfēn)
* 區 / 区 (literary, or in compounds)
* 區分 / 区分 (qūfēn)
* 區別 / 区别 (qūbié)
* 區劃 / 区划 (qūhuà) (literary)
* 甄別 / 甄别 (zhēnbié)
* 科別 / 科别 (kēbié) (literary)
* 認 / 认 (rèn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 識別 / 识别 (shíbié)
* 辨別 / 辨别 (biànbié)
* 辨明 (biànmíng)
* 辨析 (biànxī) (to differentiate and analyze)
* 辨白 (biànbái) (literary)
* 辨認 / 辨认 (biànrèn)
* 辨識 / 辨识 (biànshí)
* 鑒別 / 鉴别 (jiànbié)
* 鑒識 / 鉴识 (jiànshí)
* (to break up): 分手 (fēnshǒu)
* (to give):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 予, 畀 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 給 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把, 把得, 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 把, 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 分 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 把 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 分, 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 分 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 乞 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 把 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 把 |
* (by):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 被 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 被, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 被, 讓, 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 叫, 讓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 遭, 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把得 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 給, 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給, 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 讓, 等 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 分 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 分 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 分 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 分 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 分 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 分 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 分 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 分 |
| Hakka | Changting | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 得 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 給 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 分 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 得 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 得 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 討 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 分 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 叫, 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 乞, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞, 予 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 分 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥, 撥勒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥, 撥人家 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽, 撈, 讓, 被 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耗 |
* (to beg for food or money):
* 乞米 (hat$^2$ mai$^2$) (Taishanese)
* 乞討 / 乞讨 (qǐtǎo)
* 行乞 (xíngqǐ)
* 討乞 / 讨乞 (tǎoqǐ)
* 討食 / 讨食 (“to beg for food”) (Hokkien, Teochew)
* (cent):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 仙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 分 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 分 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 分 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 分 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 分 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 分 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 分 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 分 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 仙, 仙士 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 分, 仙 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 分 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 分 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 分 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 分 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 分 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 占, 分 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 占 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 占 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 仙 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鐳, sen |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 占 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 仙 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 占 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 占 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 分 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 分 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 分 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 分 |

##### See also

* (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. |
| 10$^{-4}$ | 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-. |

#### Compounds

* 一分 (yīfēn)
* 一百分
* 三分 (sānfēn)
* 不分曉 / 不分晓
* 不十分
* 中分 (zhōngfēn)
* 乖分
* 九分
* 二分 (èrfēn)
* 二分法 (èrfēnfǎ)
* 二等分
* 俵分
* 停分
* 假分數 / 假分数 (jiǎfēnshù)
* 克分子
* 內分泌 / 内分泌 (nèifēnmì)
* 八九分
* 八分 (bāfēn)
* 八分儀 / 八分仪 (bāfēnyí)
* 八分書 / 八分书 (bāfēnshū)
* 公分 (gōngfēn)
* 六分儀 / 六分仪 (liùfēnyí)
* 公分子
* 公分母
* 共分
* 分享 (fēnxiǎng)
* 分付 (fēnfù)
* 分例
* 分俵
* 分光儀 / 分光仪
* 分光鏡 / 分光镜
* 分公司 (fēngōngsī)
* 分兵 (fēnbīng)
* 分冊 / 分册 (fēncè)
* 切分法
* 切分音
* 分列 (fēnliè)
* 分列式 (fēnlièshì)
* 分別 / 分别 (fēnbié)
* 分利
* 分則 / 分则 (fēnzé)
* 分剖
* 分割 (fēngē)
* 分劈
* 分力
* 分務 / 分务
* 分包 (fēnbāo)
* 分化 (fēnhuà)
* 分北
* 分區 / 分区 (fēnqū)
* 分司
* 分另
* 分句 (fēnjù)
* 分合 (fēnhé)
* 分向島 / 分向岛
* 分命
* 分單 / 分单
* 分器
* 分土
* 分夥 / 分伙
* 分大小
* 分娩 (fēnmiǎn)
* 分子力
* 分子式 (fēnzǐshì)
* 分家 (fēnjiā)
* 分寸 (fēncùn)
* 分封 (fēnfēng)
* 分尼
* 分局 (fēnjú)
* 分居 (fēnjū)
* 分屍 / 分尸 (fēnshī)
* 分岔 (fēnchà)
* 分崩 (fēnbēng)
* 分工 (fēngōng)
* 分布 (fēnbù)
* 分店 (fēndiàn)
* 分度規 / 分度规
* 分張 / 分张
* 分形 (fēnxíng)
* 分得
* 分心 (fēnxīn)
* 分憂 / 分忧 (fēnyōu)
* 分手 (fēnshǒu)
* 分批 (fēnpī)
* 分投
* 分掌 (fēnzhǎng)
* 分撥 / 分拨 (fēnbō)
* 分擔 / 分担 (fēndān)
* 分擺 / 分摆
* 分攜 / 分携
* 分攤 / 分摊 (fēntān)
* 分支 (fēnzhī)
* 分教
* 分散 (fēnsàn)
* 分數 / 分数 (fēnshù)
* 分文 (fēnwén)
* 分明 (fēnmíng)
* 分時 / 分时
* 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
* 分書 / 分书
* 分曹
* 分析 (fēnxī)
* 分析法
* 分杯羹
* 分析語 / 分析语 (fēnxīyǔ)
* 分校 (fēnxiào)
* 分桃 (fēntáo)
* 分機 / 分机 (fēnjī)
* 分櫱 / 分蘖
* 分權 / 分权 (fēnquán)
* 分歧 (fēnqí)
* 分歲 / 分岁
* 分段 (fēnduàn)
* 分母 (fēnmǔ)
* 分毫 (fēnháo)
* 分水 (Fēnshuǐ)
* 分水嶺 / 分水岭 (fēnshuǐlǐng)
* 分水隄
* 分泌 (fēnmì)
* 分洪 (fēnhóng)
* 分派 (fēnpài)
* 分流 (fēnliú)
* 分渾元 / 分浑元
* 分潤 / 分润 (fēnrùn)
* 分炊
* 分爨 (fēncuàn)
* 分爭 / 分争 (fēnzhēng)
* 分獻 / 分献
* 分班
* 分理
* 分甘
* 分界 (fēnjiè)
* 分界牌
* 分畦
* 分疏
* 分痛
* 分發 / 分发 (fēnfā)
* 分相
* 分破
* 分神 (fēnshén)
* 分神福
* 分科 (fēnkē)
* 分秒
* 分秧
* 分租
* 分筋術 / 分筋术
* 分紅 / 分红 (fēnhóng)
* 分級 / 分级 (fēnjí)
* 分細 / 分细
* 分組 / 分组 (fēnzǔ)
* 分職 / 分职
* 分肥 (fēnféi)
* 分背
* 分至 (fēnzhì)
* 分至點 / 分至点
* 分色
* 分色鏡 / 分色镜
* 分茅 (fēnmáo)
* 分茶
* 分荊 / 分荆
* 分落
* 分蔥 / 分葱
* 分藩
* 分號 / 分号 (fēnhào)
* 分行 (fēnháng)
* 分袂 (fēnmèi)
* 分裂 (fēnliè)
* 分襟
* 分規 / 分规
* 分角線 / 分角线
* 分解 (fēnjiě)
* 分解力
* 分解者 (fēnjiězhě)
* 分訴 / 分诉
* 分說 / 分说 (fēnshuō)
* 分論 / 分论
* 分證 / 分证
* 分豁
* 分貝 / 分贝 (fēnbèi)
* 分贓 / 分赃 (fēnzāng)
* 分路
* 分路數 / 分路数
* 分身 (fēnshēn)
* 分身法
* 分身術 / 分身术 (fēnshēnshù)
* 分辨 (fēnbiàn)
* 分辯 / 分辩 (fēnbiàn)
* 分巡
* 分送
* 分途
* 分道島 / 分道岛
* 分部 (fēnbù)
* 分配 (fēnpèi)
* 分野 (fēnyě)
* 分釐卡
* 分金
* 分針 / 分针 (fēnzhēn)
* 分銷 / 分销 (fēnxiāo)
* 分錄 / 分录 (fēnlù)
* 分錢 / 分钱
* 分鏡頭 / 分镜头
* 分鐘 / 分钟 (fēnzhōng)
* 分門別類 / 分门别类 (fēnménbiélèi)
* 分門書 / 分门书
* 分開 / 分开 (fēnkāi)
* 分關 / 分关
* 分限
* 分陰 / 分阴
* 分隊 / 分队 (fēnduì)
* 分隔 (fēngé)
* 分隸 / 分隶
* 分離 / 分离 (fēnlí)
* 分音
* 分韻 / 分韵
* 分頭 / 分头 (fēntóu)
* 分頭兒 / 分头儿
* 分顏 / 分颜
* 分題 / 分题
* 分類 / 分类 (fēnlèi)
* 分類學 / 分类学 (fēnlèixué)
* 分類帳 / 分类帐
* 分餾 / 分馏 (fēnliú)
* 分駐所 / 分驻所
* 分高下 (fēn gāoxià)
* 分齡 / 分龄
* 分龍 / 分龙
* 剖分
* 劃分 / 划分 (huàfēn)
* 加分 (jiāfēn)
* 化分 (huàfēn)
* 區分 / 区分 (qūfēn)
* 十二分 (shí'èrfēn)
* 十分 (shífēn)
* 半分 (bànfēn)
* 口分
* 口分田
* 四分儀 / 四分仪
* 四分律
* 四分曆 / 四分历
* 四分衛 / 四分卫 (sìfēnwèi)
* 均分 (jūnfēn)
* 夜分 (yèfēn)
* 學分 / 学分 (xuéfēn)
* 學分費 / 学分费
* 對分 / 对分 (duìfēn)
* 差分 (chāfēn)
* 帶分數 / 带分数 (dàifēnshù)
* 平分 (píngfēn)
* 得分 (défēn)
* 微分 (wēifēn)
* 微分學 / 微分学
* 微積分 / 微积分 (wēijīfēn)
* 惜分陰 / 惜分阴
* 打分數 / 打分数
* 扣分 (kòufēn)
* 抽分
* 擴分 / 扩分
* 攤分 / 摊分
* 支分
* 春分 (Chūnfēn)
* 春分點 / 春分点
* 晝分 / 昼分
* 有分寸
* 核分裂 (héfēnliè)
* 沒分寸 / 没分寸
* 沒分曉 / 没分晓
* 沒分豁 / 没分豁
* 滿分 / 满分 (mǎnfēn)
* 烹分
* 狼分
* 瓜分 (guāfēn)
* 百分制 (bǎifēnzhì)
* 百分數 / 百分数 (bǎifēnshù)
* 百分比 (bǎifēnbǐ)
* 百分法
* 百分率 (bǎifēnlǜ)
* 百分號 / 百分号 (bǎifēnhào)
* 百分點 / 百分点 (bǎifēndiǎn)
* 真分數 / 真分数 (zhēnfēnshù)
* 萬分 / 万分 (wànfēn)
* 秋分 (Qiūfēn)
* 秋分點 / 秋分点 (qiūfēndiǎn)
* 積分 / 积分 (jīfēn)
* 積分學 / 积分学
* 等分 (děngfēn)
* 簡分數 / 简分数
* 約分 / 约分 (yuēfēn)
* 約分數 / 约分数
* 繁分數 / 繁分数
* 肯分的
* 背多分
* 自責分 / 自责分
* 行分
* 見分曉 / 见分晓
* 計分 / 计分 (jìfēn)
* 記分 / 记分 (jìfēn)
* 記分員 / 记分员
* 討分曉 / 讨分晓
* 評分 / 评分 (píngfēn)
* 說三分 / 说三分
* 賀分 / 贺分
* 送分題 / 送分题 (sòngfēntí)
* 通分
* 配分法
* 離分 / 离分 (lífēn)

#### Descendants

* → Thai: หุน (hǔn, “a unit of length and weight”)
* → Zhuang: faen

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fèn (fen$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fan$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fun$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fiin$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fun
    (Hailu, HRS): fun$^˖$
* Northern Min (KCR): hō̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): hông
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hong$^5$ / huong$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hūn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hung$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ven
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^4$
*** Yale: fèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (分兒 / 分儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fènr
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fènr
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: fènr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fell
*** Palladius: фэньр (fɛnʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /fəɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^6$
*** Yale: fahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fun$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fun³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fiin$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɨn¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /xɔŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hông
*** Sinological IPA : /houŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hong$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heōng
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: huong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /huoŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn
*** Tâi-lô: hūn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hun³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hung$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hūng
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ven
*** MiniDict: ven$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ven
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²³/
* Middle Chinese: bjunH
Rime :
| Character | 分 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 扶問切 |
| Baxter | bjunH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨun$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biun$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuən$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bun$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuən$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuən$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uən$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fèn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]-pə[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 分 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fèn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjun$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[m]-pə[n]-s/ |
| English | 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 | 分 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3191 |
| Phonetic component | 分 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 分 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯns/ |

#### Definitions

分
* part; share; portion
* ingredient; component
* duty; responsibility
* status; standing
* lot; fate; destiny
* mutual affection
* Alternative form of 份 (fèn, classifier)
* Short for 分之 (fēn zhī).

##### Usage notes

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

##### Synonyms

* (ingredient): 成分 (chéngfèn)

#### Compounds

* 一分子 (yīfènzǐ)
* 一部分 (yībùfen)
* 不分 (bùfēn)
* 不安分
* 不安本分
* 不守本分
* 不知分限
* 不良分子
* 交分
* 保全處分 / 保全处分
* 保安處分 / 保安处分 (bǎo'ān chǔfèn)
* 便宜處分 / 便宜处分
* 做分上
* 假處分 / 假处分
* 充分 (chōngfèn)
* 充分就業 / 充分就业
* 全分
* 出分子
* 分上
* 分兒 / 分儿
* 分內 / 分内 (fènnèi)
* 分內事 / 分内事
* 分外 (fènwài)
* 分外夭夭
* 分外眼紅 / 分外眼红
* 分子
* 分定
* 分淺緣慳 / 分浅缘悭
* 分淺緣薄 / 分浅缘薄
* 分緣 / 分缘 (fènyuán)
* 分義 / 分义
* 分薄緣慳 / 分薄缘悭
* 分資 / 分资
* 分量
* 分際 / 分际 (fènjì)
* 半師之分 / 半师之分
* 危險分子 / 危险分子
* 去就之分
* 句子成分
* 右翼分子 (yòuyì fènzǐ)
* 名分 (míngfèn)
* 命分
* 地分
* 堂分姑娘
* 壞分子 / 坏分子 (huàifènzǐ)
* 多分 (duōfēn)
* 夠分量 / 够分量
* 大分 (dàfèn)
* 大部分 (dàbùfèn)
* 天分 (tiānfèn)
* 契分
* 嫌疑分子
* 守分 (shǒufèn)
* 安分 (ānfèn)
* 安分守己 (ānfènshǒujǐ)
* 安分守紀 / 安分守纪
* 安守本分
* 定分
* 宵分
* 年分
* 引分
* 強制處分 / 强制处分
* 後加成分 / 后加成分
* 待時守分 / 待时守分
* 循分
* 志分
* 性分
* 恰如其分 (qiàrúqífèn)
* 恐怖分子 (kǒngbùfènzǐ)
* 應分 / 应分 (yīngfèn)
* 應繼分 / 应继分
* 懲戒處分 / 惩戒处分
* 成分 (chéngfèn)
* 房分
* 房分兄弟
* 才分 (cáifèn)
* 投分
* 投機分子 / 投机分子 (tóujī fènzǐ)
* 拿身分
* 掌燈時分 / 掌灯时分
* 搭分兒 / 搭分儿
* 摻分子 / 掺分子
* 撚分子
* 明分
* 易刑處分 / 易刑处分
* 時分 / 时分
* 月分
* 月分牌
* 有分
* 有分兒 / 有分儿
* 有分教
* 本分 (běnfèn)
* 本分事
* 本分錢 / 本分钱
* 本本分分
* 核心分子
* 極端分子 / 极端分子 (jíduān fènzǐ)
* 止足之分
* 水分 (shuǐfèn)
* 活分
* 活動分子 / 活动分子 (huódòng fènzǐ)
* 涯分
* 湊分子 / 凑分子
* 潛伏分子 / 潜伏分子
* 熟分
* 狂熱分子 / 狂热分子
* 甘分
* 甘分隨時 / 甘分随时
* 甘貧守分 / 甘贫守分
* 生分 (shēngfèn)
* 生死分定
* 界分 (jièfèn)
* 盡本分 / 尽本分
* 省分 (shěngfèn)
* 知識分子 / 知识分子
* 矯正處分 / 矫正处分
* 破分
* 科分
* 積極分子 / 积极分子 (jījí fènzǐ)
* 竭分
* 糖分 (tángfèn)
* 緊急處分 / 紧急处分
* 緣分 / 缘分 (yuánfèn)
* 緣慳分淺 / 缘悭分浅
* 義分 / 义分
* 職分 / 职分 (zhífèn)
* 肥分
* 腐化分子
* 自分 (zìfèn)
* 菁英分子
* 薄分
* 處分 / 处分 (chǔfèn)
* 行政處分 / 行政处分
* 討分上 / 讨分上
* 說分上 / 说分上
* 諳分 / 谙分
* 身分 (shēnfèn)
* 身分認證 / 身分认证
* 身分證 / 身分证 (shēnfènzhèng)
* 逾分 (yúfèn)
* 過分 / 过分 (guòfèn)
* 部分法
* 重要分子
* 附加成分
* 隨分 / 随分
* 雙重身分 / 双重身分
* 非分 (fēifèn)
* 面分
* 額分 / 额分
* 養分 / 养分 (yǎngfèn)
* 香分
* 鬥分子 / 斗分子
* 鹽分 / 盐分 (yánfèn)
* 鹽分地帶 / 盐分地带
* 黃昏時分 / 黄昏时分
* 鼎元之分

### Further reading

* “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.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 分 |
| Kyūjitai | 分󠄁 分+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 分󠄃 分+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
| The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment. See here for details. |||

### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

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)
* Nanori: いた (ita)、くまり (kumari)、ちか (chika)、わか (waka)、わけ (wake)

#### Compounds

* 分(ぶん)割(かつ) (bunkatsu)
* 分(ぶん)詞(し) (bunshi)
* 分(ぶん)数(すう) (bunsū)
* 分(ぶん)析(せき) (bunseki)
* 分(ぶん)布(ぷ) (bunpu)
* 分(ふん)別(べつ) (funbetsu)
* 分(ぶん)野(や) (bun'ya)
* 分(ぶん)離(り) (bunri)
* 分(ぶん)立(りつ) (bunritsu)
* 分(ぶん)類(るい) (bunrui): classification
* 分(ぶん)類(るい)学(がく) (bunruigaku): taxonomy
* 過(か)分(ぶん) (kabun)
* 区(く)分(ぶん) (kubun)
* 気(き)分(ぶん) (kibun)
* 十(じっ)分(ぷん) (jippun)
* 充(じゅう)分(ぶん) (jūbun)
* 秋(しゅう)分(ぶん) (shūbun)
* 春(しゅん)分(ぶん) (shunbun)
* 成(せい)分(ぶん) (seibun)
* 存(ぞん)分(ぶん) (zonbun)
* 多(た)分(ぶん) (tabun)
* 半(はん)分(ぶん) (hanbun)
* 不(ふ)可(か)分(ぶん) (fukabun)
* 自(じ)分(ぶん) (jibun)
* 養(よう)分(ぶん) (yōbun)
* 区(く)分(わけ) (kuwake)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 分
* ふん Grade: 2
* on'yomi
/pun/ → /fun/
From Middle Chinese 分 (MC pjun, “a minute”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふん [fúꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

#### Counter

分(ふん) • (-fun)
* minutes (duration)

#### Noun

分(ふん) • (fun)
* a minute (unit of time)
* a minute (unit of angle)
* a unit of weight $^1$⁄$_{10}$ of a 匁 (momme, “3.75g”)

##### Usage notes

When preceded by a number, the reading changes depending on the phonetic context.
v • d • eJapanese counter/suffix: 分 (ふん, fun, "minutes") :
| Number | Kanji | Kana | Romaji |
| 1 | 一分 | いっぷん | ippun |
| 2 | 二分 | にふん | nifun |
| 3 | 三分 | さんぷん、さんふん | sanpun, sanfun |
| 4 | 四分 | よんぷん、よんふん | yonpun, yonfun |
| 5 | 五分 | ごふん | gofun |
| 6 | 六分 | ろっぷん | roppun |
| 7 | 七分 | ななふん、しちふん | nanafun, shichifun |
| 8 | 八分 | はっぷん、はちふん | happun, hachifun |
| 9 | 九分 | きゅうふん | kyūfun |
| 10 | 十分 | じっぷん、じゅっぷん | jippun, juppun |
| 11 | 十一分 | じゅういっぷん | jūippun |
| 12 | 十二分 | じゅうにふん | jūnifun |
| 13 | 十三分 | じゅうさんぷん、じゅうさんふん | jūsanpun, jūsanfun |
| 20 | 二十分 | にじっぷん、にじゅっぷん | nijippun, nijuppun |
| 21 | 二十一分 | にじゅういっぷん | nijūippun |
| 100 | 百分 | ひゃっぷん | hyappun |
| 1,000 | 千分 | せんぷん、せんふん | senpun, senfun |
| 10,000 | 一万分 | いちまんぷん、いちまんふん | ichimanpun, ichimanfun |
| 100,000,000 | 一億分 | いちおくふん | ichiokufun |
| 0 | ０分、零分 | ゼロふん、れいふん | zerofun, reifun |
| ? | 何分 | なんぷん、なんふん | nanpun, nanfun |

##### Descendants

* → Palauan: bung

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 分
* ぶん Grade: 2
* goon
From Middle Chinese 分 (MC bjunH, “a minute”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶん [búꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [bɯ̟̃ɴ]

#### Noun

分(ぶん) • (bun)
* 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

### Etymology 3

* 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/.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bɯ̟]

#### Noun

分(ぶ) • (bu)
* (historical, obsolete) unit of currency equal to four 両 (ryō) and to ten 釐 (rin)

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 282 (paper), page 191 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 208 (paper), page 116 (digital)
* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “分”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC pjun).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 분 (Yale: pwùn) | 분 (Yale: pwùn) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | ᄂᆞᆫ홀〮 (Yale: nònhwól) | 분 (Yale: pwùn) |

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pun]
* Phonetic hangul: [분]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 分 (eumhun 나눌 분 (nanul bun))
* hanja form of 분 (“to divide”)
* hanja form of 분 (“to distribute”)
* hanja form of 분 (“to distinguish”)
* hanja form of 분 (“fraction”)
* hanja form of 분 (“minute (unit of time)”)

#### Compounds

* 분석 (分析, bunseok)
* 분야 (分野, bunya)
* 분명 (分明, bunmyeong)
* 춘분 (春分, chunbun)
* 분양 (分讓, bunyang)
* 추분 (秋分, chubun)
* 분리 (分離, bulli)
* 분열 (分裂, bunyeol)
* 분배 (分配, bunbae)
* 구분 (區分, gubun)
* 분담 (分擔, bundam)
* 분류 (分類, bullyu)
* 분산 (分散, bunsan)
* 분비 (分泌, bunbi)
* 배분 (配分, baebun)
* 분별 (分別, bunbyeol)
* 분기 (分期, bun'gi)
* 기분 (氣分, gibun)
* 분간 (分揀, bun'gan)
* 분해 (分解, bunhae)
* 분열 (分列, bunyeol)
* 분포 (分布, bunpo)
* 분단 (分斷, bundan)
* 분할 (分割, bunhal)
* 분변 (分辨, bunbyeon)
* 차분 (差分, chabun)
* 분화 (分化, bunhwa)
* 분과 (分科, bun'gwa)
* 분업 (分業, buneop)
* 분자 (分子, bunja)
* 분만 (分娩, bunman)
* 분단 (分段, bundan)
* 다분 (多分, dabun)
* 십분 (十分, sipbun)
* 분권 (分權, bun'gwon)
* 분파 (分派, bunpa)
* 분초 (分秒, buncho)
* 적분 (積分, jeokbun)
* 등분 (等分, deungbun)
* 분신 (分身, bunsin)
* 분쟁 (分爭, bunjaeng)
* 분과 (分課, bun'gwa)
* 분교 (分校, bun'gyo)
* 각분 (各分, gakbun)
* 세분 (細分, sebun)
* 분합 (分合, bunhap)
* 양분 (兩分, yangbun)
* 분원 (分院, bunwon)
* 분침 (分針, bunchim)
* 일분 (一分, ilbun)
* 균분 (均分, gyunbun)
* 분구 (分區, bun'gu)
* 분대 (分隊, bundae)
* 분사 (分詞, bunsa)
* 매분 (每分, maebun)
* 분가 (分家, bun'ga)
* 분계 (分界, bun'gye)
* 분광 (分光, bun'gwang)
* 분등 (分等, bundeung)
* 분설 (分設, bunseol)
* 분속 (分速, bunsok)
* 분점 (分店, bunjeom)
* 분심 (分心, bunsim)
* 미분 (微分, mibun)
* 분수 (分數, bunsu)
* 분모 (分母, bunmo)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 分 (MC bjunH).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 뿐〮 (Yale: ppwún) | 뿐〮 (Yale: ppwún) |
| Early Modern Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Juhae Cheonjamun, 1804 | 분수 (bunsu) | 분 (bun) |

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Hanja

分 (eumhun 분수(分數) 분 (bunsu bun))
* hanja form of 분 (“part; portion”)
* hanja form of 분 (“component”)
* hanja form of 분 (“status; standing”)
* hanja form of 분 (“mutual affection”)
* hanja form of 분 (“duty; responsibility”)

#### Compounds

* 충분 (充分, chungbun)
* 부분 (部分, bubun)
* 처분 (處分, cheobun)
* 명분 (名分, myeongbun)
* 신분 (身分, sinbun)
* 덕분 (德分, deokbun)
* 성분 (成分, seongbun)
* 분량 (分量, bullyang)
* 수분 (水分, subun)
* 본분 (本分, bonbun)
* 양분 (養分, yangbun)
* 당분 (糖分, dangbun)
* 직분 (職分, jikbun)
* 응분 (應分, eungbun)
* 염분 (鹽分, yeombun)
* 정분 (情分, jeongbun)
* 여분 (餘分, yeobun)
* 철분 (鐵分, cheolbun)
* 친분 (親分, chinbun)
* 과분 (過分, gwabun)
* 선분 (線分, seonbun)
* 천분 (天分, cheonbun)
* 황분 (黃分, hwangbun)
* 복분 (福分, bokbun)
* 순분 (純分, sunbun)
* 분의 (分義, bunui)
* 분내 (分內, bunnae)
* 분외 (分外, bunoe)
* 성분 (性分, seongbun)
* 연분 (年分, yeonbun)
* 교분 (交分, gyobun)
* 면분 (面分, myeonbun)
* 명분 (命分, myeongbun)
* 분한 (分限, bunhan)
* 분수 (分數, bunsu)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

分: Hán Việt readings: phân, phần, phận
* Chữ Hán form of phân (“divide”).
* Chữ Hán form of phần (“part”).
* Chữ Hán form of phận (“role”).

#### Compounds

* 𨑮分院𨑮 (mười phân vẹn mười)