Chinese Character 部 Meanings and components.
Form
部
Meaning
- 部 meaning[3] in English
Ministry.
Department.
Section.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 部 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pooh (咅) , and (阝)
Its radical[1] is: 邑 (yi4) which means: City, Village, .邑
In cangjie it is written with YRNL
How to write 部
To write部 you should write a combination of 咅 , 阝 arranged in a 吅 shape:
咅 + 阝 = 部
部 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 部 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 部, looks as follow:
部
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ministry . Department . Section . Part . Division . Troops . Board . Classifier For Works Of Literature, Films, Machines Etc
咅
Pinyin:pou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Pooh . Pah . Bah . (Today Used As A Phonetic Component In 部[Bu4], 倍[Bei4], 培[Pei2], 剖[Pou1] Etc)
阝