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The character "份" emerged as a semantic extension from the foundational character "分", which originally conveyed the action of dividing, by incorporating the radical "人" to specify a portion or share pertaining to an individual within a divided whole. This structural formation as a phono-semantic compound, with "分" indicating pronunciation and "人" providing meaning, effectively distinguished the nominal concept of a allocated part from the verbal sense of division. Over centuries, its meaning broadened from denoting concrete portions to encompassing abstract notions of capacity or status, such as in the compound "身份" referring to one's identity, while its essential composition of "人" and "分" has remained consistently integral to its representation in written language.
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这份工作很辛苦。
请给我一份菜单。
十二月份天气很冷。
这是我的身份证件。
他付出了双份的努力。
公司需要分析市场份额。
按合同份额分配利润。
他的言论有失其身份。