Chinese Word Entry

分毫
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄏㄠˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): fēn háo
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan1 hou4
Definitions:
  1. fraction

  2. slightest difference

  3. hairsbreadth


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Chinese characters used in this word

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100, divide, small unit of time etc.
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄣ (fēn), ㄈㄣˋ (fèn), ㄈㄣˊ (fén), ㄅㄢˋ (bàn)
Cantonese: fan1
Japanese: ブン (bun)、 フン (fun)、 ブ (bu) / わ.ける (wakeru)、 わ.け (wake)、 わ.かれる (wakareru)、 わ.かる (wakaru)、 わ.かつ (wakatsu)
Korean: 분 (bun)
Vietnamese: phân, phận
Variants
Semantic variant form:

fine hair, brush, not at all, measure of length
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄠˊ (háo)
Cantonese: hou4
Japanese: ゴウ (gou)、 コウ (kou) / ごう.も (goumo)、 すこし (sukoshi)
Korean: 호 (ho)
Vietnamese: hào