分 fēn▶ menit

Stroke order

分 is written in 4 strokes.

• 分

Senses

1. to divide; to separate
2. to distribute; to allocate
3. to distinguish (good and bad)
4. fraction
5. one tenth (of certain units)
6. unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
7. minute (unit of time)
8. minute (angular measurement unit)
9. a point (in sports or games)
10. 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

Example sentences

• 现在是五点十分。Xiànzài shì wǔ diǎn shí fēn.It is 5:10 now.
• 我等了十分。Wǒ děng le shí fēn.I waited for ten minutes.

Related words

• 十分sangat
• 部分Bagian
• 百分之persen
• 充分Sepenuhnya
• 分别bagian
• 分布distribusi

分 is pronounced fēn and means “menit”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 分 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.