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份额 (fèn é) — share, portion (of an overall total)

Definition

份额 (fèn'é) is a formal noun for one's share of a quantified total (market share, profit share), narrower than the general 'part' 部分. Compare 股份, which is a stock/share as a tradable unit.

noun
shareportion (of an overall total)

Examples

  • 份额。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhàn jù le zuì dà de shì chǎng fèn é.
    This company occupies the largest market share.
  • 份额。
    Měi gè tóu zī zhě àn chū zī bǐ lì huò dé xiāng yìng fèn é.
    Each investor receives a share proportional to their contribution.
  • 份额。
    Tā men zhèng zài tán pàn rú hé fēn pèi lì rùn fèn é.
    They are negotiating how to distribute the profit share.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

份fènshare
额éamount

份 and 额 both refer to a portion or amount, so together they name a share of a total.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn份fèn(r)
Same sound today

份 is built from 亻, the person form written in full as 人, and 分, which gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 額; 额 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
客
客kè額é
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 額 combines 頁 (head), which points to the meaning, with 客, which gives the sound. The simplified 额 is a later abbreviation.

Open 额 →
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