Chinese Character 部 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

部 meaning[3] in English

Ministry.

Department.

Section.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pooh (咅) , and (阝)

Its radical[1] is: (yi4) which means: City, Village, .yi4city

In cangjie it is written with YRNL

How to write 部

To writebu4ministry you should write a combination of pou3pooh , fu4 arranged in a shape:

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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 , looks as follow:

Pinyin:bu4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Ministry . Department . Section . Part . Division . Troops . Board . Classifier For Works Of Literature, Films, Machines Etc

Pinyin:pou3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Pooh . Pah . Bah . (Today Used As A Phonetic Component In 部[Bu4], 倍[Bei4], 培[Pei2], 剖[Pou1] Etc)

Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Pinyin:fu4 Shape:

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

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