份
fèn HSK2

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rejected by inralback19 · Jan 3, 2026, 03:32 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jan 4, 2026, 05:11 AM

meaning

Review: 分 is most likely only sound component.

Changed fields: components

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component

亻 is a component form of 人.

分
分 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangprɯn
bɯns

說文解字

《說文》：“份，文質僣也。从人，分聲。《論語》曰：‘文質份份。’彬，古文份从彡、林。林者，从焚省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)