五分之一 (wǔ fēn zhī yī) — one fifth (fraction)

Definition

numeral

one fifth (fraction)

五分之一。
wǔ fēn zhī yī De rén zhī chí zhè ge jì huà.
One fifth of the people support this plan.
五分之一。
Zhè ge chéng shì yuē wǔ fēn zhī yī de tǔ dì shì gōng yuán.
About one fifth of this city's land is parks.
五分之一。
Tā bǎ gōng zī de wǔ fēn zhī yī cún jìn le yín háng.
He saved one fifth of his salary into the bank.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

An older form had a crossed mark between a top bar and a bottom bar. The modern 五 keeps those bars, while the original idea is uncertain.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八刀分

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape pairs 止, a foot, with 一, a beginning place, and means to go.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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