部
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ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #303 U+90E8
How 部 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “place”) + 咅 (phonetic, pǒu)
components: 咅 阝
How to remember it
department · Heisig RSH #1384
muzzle + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 咅
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 咅 (pǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咅 sound component | pǒu | to spit out |
| 培 | péi | to cultivate, to farm; to shore up |
| 陪 | péi | to accompany, to be with, to keep company |
| 剖 | pōu | to bisect, to dissect, to slice |
| 赔 | péi | to compensate, to pay damages, to suffer a loss |
| 菩 | pú | herb, aromatic plant |
| 焙 | bèi | to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire |
| 涪 | fú | a river in Sichuan province |
| 碚 | bèi | suburb |
| 瓿 | bù | vase, pot, jar |
| 掊 | póu | to extract; to injure |
| 踣 | bó | stiff, corpse-like; rigor mortis |
| 醅 | pēi | unstrained spirits |
| 锫 | péi | berkelium |
Words containing 部
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一小部分 | yī xiǎo bù fèn | a small part; a small section |
| 大学部 | dà xué bù | undergraduate course of study (Tw) |
| 人事部门 | rén shì bù mén | personnel office |
| 国家安全部 | Guó jiā ān quán bù | PRC Ministry of State Security |
| 国安部 | Guó ān bù | PRC Ministry of State Security; abbr. for 國家安全部|国家安全部[Guo2 jia1 an1 quan2 bu4] |
| 大部分 | dà bù fen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 一部分 | yī bù fen | portion; part of; subset |
| 中西部 | zhōng xī bù | midwest |
| 水利部 | Shuǐ lì bù | Ministry of Water Resources (PRC) |
| 人事部 | rén shì bù | personnel office; human resources (HR) |
| 门市部 | mén shì bù | retail department; section of a retail store |
| 部分工时 | bù fen gōng shí | (Tw) part-time work |
| 南部县 | Nán bù Xiàn | Nanbu, a county in Nanchong City 南充市[Nan2 chong1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 公安部 | Gōng ān bù | Ministry of Public Security |
| 部长会 | bù zhǎng huì | minister level conference |
| 中南部 | zhōng nán bù | south central region |
| 西南部 | xī nán bù | southwest part |
| 外交部长 | wài jiāo bù zhǎng | minister of foreign affairs |
| 正外部性 | zhèng wài bù xìng | positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society) |
| 海关部门 | hǎi guān bù mén | customs section |