1. Home
  2. HSK 7
  3. Processing and placement

分割

fēngē

to divide; to cut apart; to separate

A round cake divided into equal slices, one lifted out
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

割 gē

Strokes
12
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
害 to injure, to harm 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 城市规划若只追求效率,可能把完整社区分割成彼此孤立的片区。 Chéngshì guīhuà ruò zhǐ zhuīqiú xiàolǜ, kěnéng bǎ wánzhěng shèqū fēngē chéng bǐcǐ gūlì de piànqū. If urban planning pursues only efficiency, it may divide complete communities into isolated districts.
  • 一条高速公路把这个村子分割成了两半。 Yì tiáo gāosù gōnglù bǎ zhège cūnzi fēngē chéng le liǎng bàn. A highway divided this village into two halves.
  • 妈妈把蛋糕分割成八块,每人一块。 Māma bǎ dàngāo fēngē chéng bā kuài, měi rén yí kuài. Mum cut the cake into eight pieces, one for each person.

Related words

All HSK 7 words →