to separate
分 (fēn) · 4 strokes
Depicts a knife (刀) being used to cut two things apart (八).
离 (chī) · 10 strokes
Simplified form of 離. Depicts a bird (隹) being caught in a bird trap (罕). Based on the original meaning "catch a bird". The meaning later shifted to "reject", "separate", and "leave". The 隹 (bird) com…