份
portion, part, duty
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Readings
On'yomi
- ヒン
- フン
Kun'yomi
- うるわ.しい
- あき.らか
Meaning
份 centers on a share or allotment: a portion of something, a part one is responsible for, or a duty assigned to someone.
Study
Etymology
份 combines 亻 (person) with 分 (divide, part), suggesting a person's share or allotted portion. The character likely developed as a way to express a personal allotment or duty.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside a division 分: imagine someone dividing a task or resource and receiving their own portion or duty.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒン, picture a person receiving their portion in a bin: bin -> ヒン, and the person 亻 gets their share from the divided 分 pile.