Hanja Analyzer
分

分 — bun, pun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나눌 분, 세는 단위 푼
Romanization
bun, pun
English
divide; small unit of time etc.
Mandarin
fēn
Japanese on'yomi
ブン, フン, ブ
Japanese kun'yomi
わ.ける わ.け わ.かれる わ.かる わ.かつ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#24 of 2,500
Strokes
4
Radical
刀 (18, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+5206

Parts that make up 分

  • 八 여덟 팔 좌우로 갈라진 획 둘나뉘고 갈라지는 것
  • 刀 칼 도 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

How 分 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 分 as a ideographic compound involving 八, 刀.

Korean example words with 分

  • 분당分當 Korean gloss: 낱낱의 분
  • 혈분血分 Korean gloss: 피의 분량
  • 분만分娩 Korean gloss: 아이를 낳음
  • 교분交分 Korean gloss: 서로 사귄 정
  • 매분每分 Korean gloss: 일 분 일 분
  • 분담分擔 Korean gloss: 나누어서 맡음
  • 직분職分 Korean gloss: 직무상의 본분
  • 처분處分 Korean gloss: 처리하여 치움
  • 검분檢分 Korean gloss: 참관하여 검사함
  • 분각分刻 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 시간
  • 분복分福 Korean gloss: 각자 타고난 복
  • 분할分轄 Korean gloss: 나누어서 관할함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 分

  • 自分じぶん myself; yourself; oneself
  • 部分ぶぶん portion; section; part
  • 分野ぶんや field; sphere; realm
  • 十分じゅうぶん enough; sufficient; plenty
  • 処分しょぶん disposal; throwing away; selling off
  • 半分はんぶん half
  • 残った分のこったぶん amount left over; remaining portion
  • 気分きぶん feeling; mood
  • 分析ぶんせき analysis
  • 配分はいぶん distribution; allotment
  • 分離ぶんり separation; partition; detachment
  • 分裂ぶんれつ split; division; break up

Characters sharing the phonetic 分

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “분” in Korean.

Other hanja read “분”

Other hanja with radical 刀

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences