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See also: 陪 and 𰆊
部 U+90E8, 部
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90E8
← 郧
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 郩 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

部 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓中 (YRNL), four-corner 07627, composition ⿰咅阝)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1272, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39460
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1771, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3780, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+90E8

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 部
2nd round simp. 𰆊
alternative forms 郶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (咅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蓓 *bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ
倍 *bɯːʔ
菩 *bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ
掊 *bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ
剖 *pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ
婄 *pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː
踣 *pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ
箁 *bɯ
咅 *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs
部 *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
培 *boːʔ, *bɯː
犃 *boːʔ
瓿 *boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo
殕 *pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
醅 *pʰɯ, *pʰɯː
棓 *bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː
涪 *bɯ
賠 *bɯː
陪 *bɯː
毰 *bɯː
焙 *bɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ) : phonetic 咅 (OC *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs) + semantic 邑.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • pō͘/pǒ͘ - literary;
  • phō/phǒ͘ - vernacular (classifier for books, films, etc.).
Note:
  • bu5 - vernacular;
  • bu4 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 部 部
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 模 (23) 侯 (137)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) I I
    Fanqie 裴古切 蒲口切
    Baxter buX buwX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/buoX/ /bəuX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/buoX/ /bəuX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/boX/ /bəuX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/bɔX/ /bəwX/
    Li
    Rong         		/boX/ /buX/
    Wang
    Li         		/buX/ /bəuX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/bʱuoX/ /bʱə̯uX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		bù bòu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		bou6 bau6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 部
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		bù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ buwX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁ(r)oʔ/
    English lead (v.), govern

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 部 部 部 部
    Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
    No. 1050 1055 9847 9862
    Phonetic
    component         		部 部 咅 咅
    Rime
    group         		侯 侯 侯 侯
    Rime
    subdivision         		0 0 0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		簿 部 部 簿
    Old
    Chinese         		/*boːʔ/ /*boːʔ/ /*boːʔ/ /*boːʔ/
    Notes 部婁=培塿

    Definitions

    部

    1. part; division; section
    2. department; ministry
      教育部  ―  jiàoyùbù  ―  ministry of education
      中華人民共和國文化和旅遊部 [MSC, trad.]
      中华人民共和国文化和旅游部 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó wénhuà hé lǚyóu bù
      Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China
    3. (historical) An administrative division governed by a ministry.
    4. Classifier for works of literature, films, machines (cars, telephones...), etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
      我想去看一部電影。 [MSC, trad.]
      我想去看一部电影。 [MSC, simp.]
      Wǒ xiǎng qù kàn yī bù diànyǐng.
      I want to see a movie.

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 輛 (“(classifier for vehicles)”)
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 輛, 部
    Mandarin Beijing 輛, 掛 >
    Taiwan 輛, 臺
    Jinan 輛, 掛 >
    Luoyang 輛, 部
    Xi'an 輛, 掛 >
    Yinchuan 輛
    Xining 輛
    Ürümqi 輛, 部
    Wuhan 乘, 部
    Chengdu 架, 掛, 輛
    Guiyang 部
    Liuzhou 部
    Xuzhou 輛, 部
    Yangzhou 掛, 輛
    Nanjing 部, 輛, 掛 dated
    Hefei 掛, 架
    Malaysia 輛
    Singapore 輛
    Cantonese Guangzhou 架, 部
    Hong Kong 架, 部
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 架
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 架
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 架
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 架
    Macau 架
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 架
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 架
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 架
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 架
    Foshan 架
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 架
    Foshan (Shunde) 架
    Foshan (Sanshui) 架
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 架
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 架
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 架
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 部
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 架
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 架
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 架
    Taishan 架
    Kaiping (Chikan) 架
    Enping (Niujiang) 架
    Heshan (Yayao) 架
    Dongguan 架
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 架
    Yangjiang 架
    Nanning 架
    Danzhou 架
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 堂
    Gan Nanchang 隻, 部
    Pingxiang 部
    Hakka Meixian 輛, 架
    Xingning 架
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 輛
    Huiyang 架
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 架
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 架
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 架
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 輛
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 架
    Wengyuan 輛
    Liannan 架, 部
    Conghua (Lütian) 架
    Jiexi 輛
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 輛
    Changting 架
    Wuping (Yanqian) 輛
    Ninghua 輛
    Ningdu 部
    Tonggu (Sandu) 部
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 頂
    Dayu 部, 輛
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 臺
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 臺
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 臺, 輛
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 臺
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 臺, 輛
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 輛
    Hong Kong 架
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 部
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 部
    Xinyi (Sihe) 部
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 部
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 架
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 架
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 部
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 部
    Mengshan (Xihe) 部, 個
    Luchuan 架
    Senai (Huiyang) 床
    Singkawang 輛, 臺, 堂
    Huizhou Jixi 部
    Jin Taiyuan 輛, 掛 >, 部
    Xinzhou 輛
    Northern Min Jian'ou 架
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 架, 部
    Changle 架
    Fuqing 架, 門
    Yongtai 架
    Gutian 架
    Fu'an 架
    Ningde 架
    Shouning 部
    Zhouning 篷
    Fuding 架
    Southern Min Xiamen 頂, 部, 把, 隻
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 頂
    Quanzhou 頂, 把, 隻
    Jinjiang 把, 頂
    Yongchun 頂
    Zhangzhou 頂, 隻
    Zhangpu 頂
    Tainan 臺
    Penang (Hokkien) 頂
    Singapore (Hokkien) 頂
    Manila (Hokkien) 頂
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 架
    Chaozhou 張, 隻
    Raoping 張
    Shantou 隻
    Shantou (Chenghai) 隻
    Haifeng 輛, 部
    Bangkok (Teochew) 隻
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 隻
    Singapore (Teochew) 頂, 張
    Leizhou 架
    Wenchang 架
    Haikou 架, 場
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 架, 部
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 架
    Wu Shanghai 部
    Shanghai (Chongming) 部
    Suzhou 部
    Danyang 部
    Hangzhou 部, 輛
    Ningbo 部
    Wenzhou 部, 把 †
    Jinhua 部
    Xiang Changsha 部, 張 †, 把 †
    Loudi 部
    Shuangfeng 間, 部
    Note > - large vehicles; † - large handcarts
    Dialectal synonyms of 架 (“(classifier for airplanes)”)
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 架
    Mandarin Beijing 架
    Taiwan 架, 臺
    Tianjin 架
    Chengde 架
    Tangshan 架
    Cangzhou 架
    Baoding 架
    Shijiazhuang 架
    Chifeng 架
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 架
    Heihe 架
    Qiqihar 架
    Harbin 架
    Jiamusi 架
    Baicheng 架
    Changchun 架
    Tonghua 架
    Shenyang 架
    Dandong 架
    Jinzhou 架
    Dalian 架
    Yantai 架
    Yantai (Muping) 架
    Qingdao 架
    Lijin 架
    Zhucheng 架
    Jinan 架
    Jining 架
    Luoyang 架
    Shangqiu 架
    Yuanyang 架
    Zhengzhou 架
    Lingbao 架
    Xinyang 架
    Baihe 架
    Hanzhong 架
    Xi'an 架
    Baoji 架
    Yinchuan 架
    Tianshui 架
    Lanzhou 架
    Dunhuang 架
    Xining 架
    Hami 架
    Ürümqi 架
    Wuhan 架
    Yichang 架
    Xiangyang 架
    Tianmen 架
    Hong'an 架
    Chengdu 架
    Nanchong 架
    Dazhou 架
    Hanyuan 架
    Xichang 架
    Zigong 架
    Chongqing 架
    Guiyang 架
    Zunyi 架
    Bijie 架
    Liping 架
    Zhaotong 架
    Dali 架
    Kunming 架
    Mengzi 架
    Guilin 架
    Liuzhou 架
    Jishou 架
    Changde 架
    Anqing 架
    Xuzhou 架
    Fuyang 架
    Wuhu 架
    Yangzhou 架
    Lianyungang 架
    Lianshui 架
    Nanjing 架, 掛, 部
    Hefei 架
    Nantong 架
    Singapore 架
    Cantonese Guangzhou 架
    Hong Kong 架, 隻, 部
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 架
    Macau 架
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 架
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 架
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 架
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 架
    Foshan 架
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 隻
    Foshan (Shunde) 架
    Foshan (Sanshui) 架
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 架
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 架
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 架
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 架
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 架
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 架
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 架
    Taishan 架
    Kaiping (Chikan) 架
    Enping (Niujiang) 架
    Heshan (Yayao) 架
    Dongguan 架
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 架
    Gan Nanchang 架
    Lichuan 架
    Pingxiang 架
    Hakka Meixian 架
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 架
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 架
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 架
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 架
    Conghua (Lütian) 架
    Raoping (Xinfeng) 隻
    Yudu 架
    Huizhou Jixi 隻
    Shexian 架
    Jin Taiyuan 架
    Yangyuan 架
    Datong 架
    Xinzhou 架
    Lishi 架
    Linfen 架
    Changzhi 架
    Linhe 架
    Jining 架
    Hohhot 架
    Erenhot 架
    Pingshan 架
    Zhangjiakou 架
    Handan 架
    Linzhou 架
    Suide 架
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 架
    Fuqing 架
    Southern Min Xiamen 隻, 頂, 架
    Quanzhou 隻
    Jinjiang 隻
    Yongchun 隻
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 架
    Leizhou 架
    Haikou 架
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 架, 部
    Wu Shanghai 隻
    Danyang 架
    Hangzhou 架
    Wenzhou 架
    Jinhua 隻
    Xiang Changsha 架
    Loudi 架

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    部

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings

    Man'yōgana kanji of へ, see へ

    Compounds

    Compounds

    Counter

    部(ぶ) • (-bu) 

    1. copies of a newspaper or magazine

    Noun

    部(ぶ) • (bu) 

    1. division, divide, a part
    2. section, bureau, department

    Suffix

    部(ぶ) • (-bu) 

    1. division, bureau
    2. school club
      野(や)球(きゅう)部(ぶ)
      yakyūbu
      baseball club
      茶(さ)道(どう)部(ぶ)
      sadōbu
      tea ceremony club
      英会話(えいかいわ)部(ぶ)
      eikaiwabu
      English-speaking club
    3. category

    Usage notes

    This is a level higher than -課 (-ka, “department”), since for example 部長 (buchō, “division head”) is the boss of a 課長 (kachō, “department head”).

    See also

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 部 (MC buX|buwX).

    Hanja

    部 (eumhun 떼 부 (tte bu))

    1. Hanja form? of 부 (“group, team”).

    部 (eumhun 거느릴 부 (geoneuril bu))

    1. Hanja form? of 부 (“lead, command”).

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    部: Hán Nôm readings: bộ, bõ, bỏ

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Usage notes

    The Hán pronunciation is "bộ" :

    1. part; division; section : 部分 bộ phận=part
    2. ministry: 部長 bộ trưởng = minister
    3. classifier

    The Nôm pronunciations "bõ", "bỏ", "bọ" are derived from the Hán pronunciation "bộ"

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