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分配

fēnpèi

to distribute

A person dividing fruit into baskets
Memory picture

Characters in this word

分 fēn

Strokes
4
Radical
刀 — knife
Made of
八 eight 刀 knife
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

配 pèi

Strokes
10
Radical
酉 — wine
Made of
酉 wine 己 self, oneself
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 老师分配书。 Lǎo shī fēn pèi shū. The teacher distributes the books.
  • 我来分配吧。 Wǒ lái fēn pèi ba. Let me distribute them.
  • 分配很公平。 Fēn pèi hěn gōng píng. The distribution is very fair.

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