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HSK 2 · Times of day & week

分钟

fēn zhōng

minute

Stroke order of 分钟

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

分 · 4 strokes钟 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

A knife '刀' dividing '分' time, and a metal '钅' bell '钟' ringing in the middle '中' — minutes.

Parts: 分 divide (八 separate + 刀 knife) + 钟 clock; bell (钅 metal + 中 phonetic)

The characters in 分钟

  • 分 fēn — fen (1/100 yuan); point (4 strokes)
  • 钟 zhōng — clock; bell (9 strokes)

Example sentence

我等了十分钟。

I waited for ten minutes.

Words with 分

分fen (1/100 yuan); point分数score; mark部分part大部分most; the greater part一部分a part十分very; extremely分开to separate得分to score; score分配to distribute; to assign分组to divide into groups分别to part; respectively; difference

Words with 钟

钟clock; bell

More words: Times of day & week

半夜midnight夜night夜里at night早晨early morning晚安good night午睡afternoon nap周week周末weekend上周last week下周next week周年anniversary月份month前年the year before last全年the whole year刻quarter (of an hour)

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