部

See also: 陪 and 𰆊

部	U+90E8, 部 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90E8

← 郧
[U+90E7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

郩 →
[U+90E9]

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

𫨚, 廍, 篰, 蔀, 𫯵, 𩅇, 𠘁, 𭊘, 𡏿, 𣘙, 𧐾, 𩻗(𫚨)

Descendants

へ (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
ヘ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bù (bu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bu⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бу (bu, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bu⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): pu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phu

(Meixian, Guangdong): pu⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): bu³
Northern Min (KCR): bù
Eastern Min (BUC): buô
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bou⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pō͘ / pǒ͘ / phō / phǒ͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): bou⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bu⁵ / bu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bù
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴
  - Yale: bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
  - Palladius: бу (bu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bu⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бу (bu, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bou⁶
  - Yale: bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bu³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puɔ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: po
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: pǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phō
  - Tâi-lô: phō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: phǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²²/

Note:

pō͘/pǒ͘ - literary;
phō/phǒ͘ - vernacular (classifier for books, films, etc.).

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bou⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pŏu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bu
  - MiniDict: bu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bu⁵ / bu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹/, /pu⁴⁵/

Note:

bu5 - vernacular;
bu4 - literary.

Middle Chinese: buX, buwX

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	/buo^X/	/bəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/buo^X/	/bəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/bo^X/	/bəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ^X/	/bəw^X/
Li Rong	/bo^X/	/bu^X/
Wang Li	/bu^X/	/bəu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo^X/	/bʱə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù	bòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou⁶	bau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤ(r)oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*boːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	部
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bù
Middle Chinese	‹ buw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]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. [t] 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

part; division; section
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 [Pinyin]
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China
(historical) An administrative division governed by a ministry.
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. [Pinyin]
I want to see a movie.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 輛 (“(classifier for vehicles)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輛, 部
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	輛, 掛 >
	Taiwan	輛, 臺
	Malaysia	輛
	Singapore	輛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	輛, 掛 >
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	輛, 部
	Xi'an	輛, 掛 >
	Xining	輛
	Xuzhou	輛, 部
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	輛
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	輛, 部
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	架, 掛, 輛
	Wuhan	乘, 部
	Guiyang	部
	Liuzhou	部
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	部, 輛, 掛 dated
	Yangzhou	掛, 輛
	Hefei	掛, 架
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, Xiangzhou)	架
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
Gan	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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Jin	Xinzhou	輛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	架
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	架, 部
	Fuzhou (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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	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)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		架
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	架
	Taiwan	架, 臺
	Chengde	架
	Chifeng	架
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	架
	Heihe	架
	Qiqihar	架
	Harbin	架
	Jiamusi	架
	Baicheng	架
	Changchun	架
	Tonghua	架
	Shenyang	架
	Jinzhou	架
	Singapore	架
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	架
	Tangshan	架
	Cangzhou	架
	Baoding	架
	Shijiazhuang	架
	Lijin	架
	Jinan	架
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	架
	Dandong	架
	Yantai	架
	Yantai (Muping)	架
	Qingdao	架
	Zhucheng	架
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	架
	Lingbao	架
	Jining	架
	Linfen	架
	Shangqiu	架
	Yuanyang	架
	Zhengzhou	架
	Xinyang	架
	Baihe	架
	Xi'an	架
	Baoji	架
	Tianshui	架
	Xining	架
	Xuzhou	架
	Fuyang	架
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	架
	Lanzhou	架
	Dunhuang	架
	Hami	架
	Ürümqi	架
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	架
	Nanchong	架
	Dazhou	架
	Hanyuan	架
	Xichang	架
	Zigong	架
	Chongqing	架
	Wuhan	架
	Yichang	架
	Xiangyang	架
	Tianmen	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
	Hanzhong	架
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	架, 掛, 部
	Yangzhou	架
	Lianyungang	架
	Lianshui	架
	Nantong	架
	Anqing	架
	Wuhu	架
	Hefei	架
	Hong'an	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, Xiangzhou)	架
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	架
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	隻
	Yudu	架
Huizhou	Jixi	隻
Huizhou	Shexian	架
Jin	Taiyuan	架
	Yangyuan	架
	Datong	架
	Xinzhou	架
	Lüliang (Lishi)	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
Eastern Min	Fuqing	架
Southern Min	Xiamen	隻, 頂, 架
	Quanzhou	隻
	Jinjiang	隻
	Yongchun	隻
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	架
	Leizhou	架
	Haikou	架
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	架, 部
Wu	Shanghai	隻
	Danyang	架
	Hangzhou	架
	Wenzhou	架
	Jinhua	隻
Xiang	Changsha	架
Xiang	Loudi	架

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

部

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ほ (ho)、ほう (hō)
Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu)
Kun: わける (wakeru, 部ける)、すべる (suberu, 部べる)、へ (he, 部)、べ (be, 部)
Nanori: とり (tori)、ふ (fu)、ぺ (pe)、ま (ma)

Man'yōgana kanji of へ, see へ

Compounds

部(ぶ)長(ちょう) (buchō, “division head”)
部(ぶ)門(もん) (bumon, “division, group, branch”)
部屋(へや) (heya, “room (of a house, apartment or hotel)”)
細(さい)部(ぶ) (saibu, “details”)
全(ぜん)部(ぶ) (zenbu, “everything, all”)
部(ぶ)活(かつ)動(どう) (bukatsudō, “extracurricular activities; club activities; school club”)
内(ない)部(ぶ) (naibu, “interior, inside, internal”)
外(がい)部(ぶ) (gaibu, “exterior, outside, external”)

Counter

部(ぶ) • (-bu)

copies of a newspaper or magazine

Noun

部(ぶ) • (bu)

division, divide, a part
section, bureau, department

Suffix

部(ぶ) • (-bu)

division, bureau
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
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”).

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 部 (MC buX|buwX).

Hanja

部 (eumhun 떼 부 (tte bu))

hanja form^? of 부 (“group, team”)

部 (eumhun 거느릴 부 (geoneuril bu))

hanja form^? of 부 (“lead, command”)

Compounds

전부 (全部, jeonbu)
내부 (內部, naebu)
부수 (部首, busu)
부분 (部分, bubun)
부대 (部隊, budae)

Vietnamese

Han character

部: Hán Nôm readings: bộ, bõ, bỏ

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Usage notes

The Hán pronunciation is "bộ" :

part; division; section : 部分 bộ phận=part
ministry: 部長 bộ trưởng = minister
classifier

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