析

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to separate; to divide; to analyze

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Chopping 斤 wood 木; 斤 also provides the pronunciation

Components 木斤

analyze · Heisig RSH #2183

木 tree + tomahawk

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
分析心理学	fēn xī xīn lǐ xué	analytical psychology; Jungian psychology
生物分析法	shēng wù fēn xī fǎ	bioanalytical method
正电子发射层析	zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè céng xī	positron emission tomography (PET)
分析化学	fēn xī huà xué	analytical chemistry
化学分析	huà xué fēn xī	chemical analysis
联机分析处理	lián jī fēn xī chǔ lǐ	(computing) OLAP (online analytical processing)
数学分析	shù xué fēn xī	analysis (branch of mathematics)
心理分析	xīn lǐ fēn xī	psychoanalysis
定性分析	dìng xìng fēn xī	qualitative inorganic analysis
语义分析	yǔ yì fēn xī	semantic analysis
分析人士	fēn xī rén shì	analyst; expert
数量分析	shù liàng fēn xī	quantitative analysis
定量分析	dìng liàng fēn xī	quantitative analysis
比色分析	bǐ sè fēn xī	colorimetric analysis
活化分析	huó huà fēn xī	activation analysis
精神分析	jīng shén fēn xī	psychoanalysis
调和分析	tiáo hé fēn xī	harmonic analysis (math.)
分析处理	fēn xī chǔ lǐ	to parse; analysis processing; to analyze and treat
分析学	fēn xī xué	analysis (branch of mathematics)
分析家	fēn xī jiā	(political) analyst

These characters use 析 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
析 sound part	xī	to split wood; to divide, to break apart
蜥	xī	lizard
晰	xī	clear, evident
淅	xī	water used wash rice
皙	xī	white; a kind of date
菥	xī	pennycress