1. 分
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分

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Meta:

  1. 分 is the 79th most frequent character.
  2. 分 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 分 appears as a character in 243 words.
  4. 分 appears as a component in 31 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
分 => 八, 刀
Radical :
分 => 八 (eight/divide), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
分 => 八, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fen1 - to divide/to separate/to allocate/to distinguish (good and bad)/part or subdivision/fraction/one tenth (of certain units)/unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm/minute/a point (in sports or games)/0.01 yuan (unit of money)
  2. fen4 - part/share/ingredient/component

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分 
分享 
分钟 (分鐘)
部分 

Medium Frequency

分子 (份子)
充分 
分别 (分別)
分手 
分担 (分擔)
分数 (分數)
分明 
分析 
分泌 
分为 (分為)
分裂 
分解 
分配 
分开 (分開)
分离 (分離)
分类 (分類)
十分 
大部分 (大部份)
得分 
成分 
时分 (時分)
水分 
积分 (積分)
缘分 (緣分)
万分 (萬分)
过分 (過分)

Appears In:

分 also appears in:
纷贫粉芬扮氛盆盼吩颁岔忿汾酚玢棼邠坌雰麄貧鼢紛翂頒訜魵蚡鈖黺砏

为

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Meta:

  1. 为 is the 18th most frequent character.
  2. 为 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 为 appears as a character in 130 words.
  4. 为 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
为 => 力, ⺀
Radical :
为 => 力 (power/force), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
为 => ㇆, 丿, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei2 - as (in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do/by (in the passive voice)
  2. wei4 - because of/for/to
  3. wei2 - variant of 為|为[wei2]/as (i.e. in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do
  4. wei4 - variant of 為|为[wei4], because of/for/to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

以为 (以為)
因为 (因為)
成为 (成為)
为 (為)
为了 (為了)
为什么 (為什麼)

Medium Frequency

不为人知 (不為人知)
作为 (作為)
改为 (改為)
最为 (最為)
为主 (為主)
为何 (為何)
为止 (為止)
无能为力 (無能為力)
称为 (稱為)
行为 (行為)
认为 (認為)
身为 (身為)

Appears In:

为 also appears in:
伪妫沩
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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