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记分 (jì fēn) — to keep score; to record marks/grades

Definition

Separable verb meaning 'to keep score / record marks' — the object 分数 (or just 分) usually comes between 记 and 分, as in 记一次分.

verb
to keep scoreto record marks/grades

Examples

  • 记分。
    Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng fù zé jì fēn.
    He is responsible for keeping score in the match.
  • 。
    Lǎo shī yǐ jīng jì le yí cì fēn le.
    The teacher has already recorded the marks once.
  • 记分。
    Zhè ge xì tǒng kě yǐ zì dòng jì fēn.
    This system can automatically keep score.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

记jìrecord
分fēnpoints

记 (record) and 分 (points) combine to mean keeping score.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

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

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

Open 分 →
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