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Chinese symbol for “portion”

一部分
yī bù fen
portion; part of; subset

The closest CC-CEDICT match for portion is 一部分 (yī bù fen), defined as: portion; part of; subset.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
部 bù
department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
radical 163 ⾢ · 10 strokes
分 fen
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “portion”

WordPinyinMeaning
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
份额 (份額)fèn éshare; portion

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一部分.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
部门 (部門)bù méndepartment; branch
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis

See also: Japanese symbol for “portion”.

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.