份

classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of 分[fen4]

份 = 亻 + 分 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is participating in Rosa Luxemburg's (亻) speed reading challenge in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). He has to read as many newspapers and magazines (份) as possible in one minute. Rosa stops the time using a stopwatch (分).

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份 character breakdown

份
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 分
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 刀
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

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亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

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分

fe̅n = f + (e)n1

to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

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分 = 八 + 刀 : Symbol for this character: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster (f) participates in the annual championship of chopping eight-balls (八) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Using a cleaver (刀), he chops (kind of divides / separates (分)) as many eight-balls as he can in one minute (分).

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