部

bù

ministry · department

Radical: 阝 Strokes: 10 HSK 3

Structure: Left wide, right narrowFrequency: Most common

Same radical

阳阿阴隐陈陵都院附险降邪

Same radical

阳阿阴隐陈陵都院附险降邪郁随郎

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Character Decomposition

部=咅+阝

Etymology

place

Meanings

ministry

department

section

part

division

troops

board

classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

bù

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Words with 部 363 total

headquarters · head office本部běn bù cadre · official · officer · manager干部gàn bù Ministry of War (in imperial China)兵部Bīng bù Ministry of Works (in imperial China)工部Gōng Bù Ministry of Revenue in imperial China户部Hù bù part · local局部jú bù the greater part; the majority; most大部dà bù Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)吏部Lì bù southern part南部nán bù interior · inside (part, section) · internal内部nèi bù

Idioms with 部 7 total Chain

(idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine按部就班àn bù jiù bān lit. half of the Analects (idiom)\ · fig. a saying praising the Analects of Confucius: mastering half of it is enough to improve one's abilities and govern the state半部论语bàn bù lún yǔ lit. two ensembles of wind and percussion instruments (idiom)\ · fig. the croaking of frogs, likened to music; a cacophony of sounds两部鼓吹liǎng bù gǔ chuī

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