份 (fèn)

classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“份,文質僣也。从人,分聲。《論語》曰:‘文質份份。’彬,古文份从彡、林。林者,从焚省聲。”

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