部

bù

ministry

department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

sound (咅) + settlement (阝) = department or division

The 阝 on the right side is the 'city/settlement' radical (邑), suggesting a defined territorial or administrative unit. 咅 is phonetic, giving the bù sound.

咅+阝→部
咅No fixed semantic meaning in modern usePhonetic
阝CitySemantic

这部电影我已经看过两次了。

zhè bù diànyǐng wǒ yǐjīng kànguò liǎng cì le。

I have already seen this film twice.

他在政府的财政部工作了很多年。

tā zài zhèngfǔ de cáizhèng bù gōngzuò le hěn duō nián。

He has worked in the government's ministry of finance for many years.

Words with 部

声部

shēng bù

part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part

阴部

yīn bù

genitalia

俱乐部

jù lè bù

(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)

绝大部分

jué dà bù fen

overwhelming majority

部下

bù xià

troops under one's command

中南部

zhōng nán bù

south central region

特种部队

tè zhǒng bù duì

(military) special forces

胸部

xiōng bù

chest

部属

bù shǔ

troops under one's command

统战部

tǒng zhàn bù

abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4]

吻部

wěn bù

snout

部头

bù tóu

length of a book

More characters with 咅

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