Chinese symbol for “partition”
瓜分
guā fēn
to partition; to divide up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for partition is 瓜分 (guā fēn), defined as: to partition; to divide up.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “partition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隔断 (隔斷) | gé duàn | partition; to stand between |
| 分配 | fēn pèi | to distribute; to assign |
| 隔扇 | gé shan | partition; partition board |
| 划分 (劃分) | huà fēn | to divide up; to partition |
| 隔 | gé | to separate; to partition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓜分.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon; 颗 (kē) |
| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | idiot; fool |
| 南瓜 | nán guā | pumpkin |
| 黄瓜 (黃瓜) | huáng guā | cucumber; 条 (tiáo) |
| 地瓜 | dì guā | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 分析 | fēn xī | to analyze; analysis |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
See also: Japanese symbol for “partition”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.