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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 本分

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
本分 běn fèn - (to play) one's part
- one's role
- one's duty
- (to stay within) one's bounds
- dutiful
- keeping to one's role

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 17,076 29,026 22,011

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
běn- (bound form) root; stem
- (bound form) origin; source
- (bound form) one's own; this
- (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
- (bound form) original
- (bound form) inherent
- originally; initially
- capital; principal
- classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
fēn- to divide; to separate
- to distribute; to allocate
- to distinguish (good and bad)
- (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2])
- fraction
- one tenth (of certain units)
- unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
- minute (unit of time)
- minute (angular measurement unit)
- a point (in sports or games)
- 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
fèn- part
- share
- ingredient
- component

Other Words Containing 本分

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
本分 - 8 17,076 29,026 22,011