Mnemonic comic for 分
Translation
fe̅n
=
f
+
(e)n1:
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
Mnemonic
Symbol for this character: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster (f) participates in the annual championship of chopping eight-balls (八) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Using a cleaver (刀), he chops (kind of divides / separates (分)) as many eight-balls as he can in one minute (分).
All translations for 分
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
分
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八
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刀
:
Symbol for this character: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster (f) participates in the annual championship of chopping eight-balls (八) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Using a cleaver (刀), he chops (kind of divides / separates (分)) as many eight-balls as he can in one minute (分).
part / share / ingredient / component
分 character breakdown
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
eight; 8
Characters with 分 as component
to hope for / to long for / to expect
盼
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分
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目
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Pinocchio (p) has been occupying the anthill's toilet (an4) for quite some time now, and the Eye of Providence (目) seriously hopes (盼) for Pinocchio to finish soon. The Eye of Providence is already looking at a stop watch (分) to see how long Pinocchio actually blocked the toilet, but it expects him to come out any minute (分) now.
leave instructions / to order
poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of 分[fen4]
to promulgate / to send out / to issue / to grant or confer
颁
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分
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页
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Beelzebub (b) is issuing (颁) grants (颁) in front of the anthill (an1), but they are only valid if caught within one second. So he stands there throwing the papers (页) in the air, laughing like a maniac as he ticks his stop watch (分) and watching the people despair as they are unable to get the grants (颁) in time.
few / scant / widowed
寡
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宀
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丆
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且
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分
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After graduation, Gitta Giraffe (gu) chose to go into solidarity (寡) in the ashram's living room (a3). Day in, day out she has to stack wind wheels (丆) into shelves (且) in order for them to be shipped out. Next to her is a stopwatch (分) counting down the time she has to finish each rack, and her graduation cap (宀) carelessly thrown into a corner.
fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times)
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / whitewash / white / pink / fan (suffix) (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of
to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
perfume / fragrance
Words with 分
one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)