分
bun
Time, meat, and mood all get cut by this character
The picture A line cut across a lump so it falls into two pieces. 分 cuts one thing into parts; 合 gathers the parts back into one.
Where the picture shows up in 分
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a slice cut out of time
오 분만 기다려 주세요.
o bun-man gi-da-ryeo ju-se-yo
Please wait just five minutes.
A hand moving across five of the sixty marks cut around a clock face
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pulling mixed things apart
쓰레기는 분리해서 버리세요.
sseu-re-gi-neun bul-li-hae-seo beo-ri-se-yo
Separate the rubbish before you throw it out.
Bottles and paper that were mixed in one bag going into two different bins
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one piece cut from the whole
이 부분만 고쳐 주세요.
i bu-bun-man go-chyeo ju-se-yo
Please fix just this part.
A box drawn around one paragraph of a long text, hands touching only inside it
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the amount cut as one share
삼겹살 이 인분 주세요.
sam-gyeop-sal i in-bun ju-se-yo
Two servings of pork belly, please.
Meat coming out divided evenly onto two plates of the same size
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which way the heart is cut
오늘은 기분이 좋아요.
o-neu-reun gi-bu-ni jo-a-yo
I'm in a good mood today.
A scale split between the good side and the bad side, one pan dipping lightly down
All of it in one picture
分 is drawing a line through a lump and taking a piece off. One of the sixty slices cut out of an hour is a minute; pulling mixed things apart and setting them aside is separating. A piece cut out of a whole is a part, and the amount cut off as one person's share is a serving. Say which way the heart has been cut and you get mood.