In compounds like 分析, the sense of “splitting apart” is applied to ideas, problems, or texts, not just physical objects.

Ideogrammatic compound (meeting of elements):
木 (tree, wood) – semantic, indicating wood.
斤 (axe, halberd) – semantic, representing the tool of splitting.
Together, the image depicts splitting wood with an axe, originally a concrete act. By extension, it came to mean to divide, separate, or analyze, leading to abstract senses like analysis (分析).

분석 (分析) – analysis
해석 (解釋) – interpretation, explanation
분해·분석하다 (分解/分析) – to break down, analyze
이분법적 분석 (二分法的分析) – dichotomous analysis

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

timber, wood, material, talent, ability

village, countryside

to stop, to prevent, to prohibit

to bind, to tie, to bundle, to restrain

cup, goblet, vessel for drinking

east, the eastern direction

pine tree

plank, board, panel

to split, to divide, to separate, to analyze, to distinguish, to break apart

single, piece, stem

fruit, result, outcome, decisive, resolute

branch, twig, offshoot, to divide, to branch out

rack, stand, prop, frame, framework

someone, a certain person, anonymous reference

to examine, inspect, investigate, to check

pillar, post, column, to support, to hold up

to investigate, to examine, to check, to look into

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Chinese character

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Chinese characters (Hanja)

Chinese characters dictionary

析

Etymology

Usage in Korean

Words that derived from 析

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