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What does 分解 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

分解 fēnjiě

to decompose; to break down

It can also mean

  • (in novels) to tell (as in 且听下回分解)
  • to resolve; to analyze

Its characters

  1. 分 fēn to tell apart
  2. 解 jiě to solve

In a sentence

细菌能把落叶慢慢分解。 Bacteria can slowly break down fallen leaves.

1983年,王永民推出了五笔字型,把汉字分解成一个个“字根”,用普通键盘上的字母键就能输入,只是得先记住一百多个字根。

From 汉字没有字母,中国人怎么打字? · How do Chinese people type without an alphabet?

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