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Learn Chinese Characters 149 分
Author: caren_zuo Date: 2008-04-03 17:46
by Caren Zuo
分 (fēn)

分= 八 (a semantic part meaning separating or getting away from)+
刀 (a semantic part meaning cutting with a knife)
It is easily understood when you learn the meaning of individual two parts. The character “分” originally means “to separate, to split ” which is still kept as its dominate meaning.
In addition, it also is used as one of monetary unit in Chinese language. You man learn that Chinese “yuan”, also know as “kuai” in oral language, is the most popular unit. Ten jiao is equal to one yuan, and ten fen equals to one jiao. Now it is seldom circulated in big city, for few prices of commercial stuffs in markets or stores have the uint of “fen”. “十分” is very popular in Chinese. But it doest means something worth “ten fen”, it means “very, very much”.
Useful Phrases:
分开 (fēn kāi ) separate
分裂 (fēn liè) split
分别 (fēn bié) separate from each other
十分感谢(shí fēn gǎn xiè) Thanks very much.
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