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U+90E8, 部
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90E8

[U+90E7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+90E9]

Translingual

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Han character

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

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
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation


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

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Definitions

  1. part; division; section
  2. department; ministry
    教育   jiàoyù   ministry of education
    中華人民共和國文化旅遊 [MSC, trad.]
    中华人民共和国文化旅游 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó wénhuà hé lǚyóu [Pinyin]
    Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China
    北京大學醫學北京大学医学   Běijīng Dàxué Yīxué    Peking University Health Science Center (literally "Peking University Medical Studies Department")
    某某超市防損某某超市防损   mǒumǒu chāoshì fángsǔn    loss prevention department of an unnamed supermarket
  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
    電影 [MSC, trad.]
    电影 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiǎng qù kàn yī diànyǐng. [Pinyin]
    I want to see a movie.

Synonyms

Compounds

References

  • ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 134.
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Japanese

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: (bu, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: (ho)ほう ()
  • Kan’yō-on: (fu)
  • Kun: わける (wakeru, 部ける)すべる (suberu, 部べる) (he, ) (be, )
  • Nanori: とり (tori) (fu) (pe) (ma)

Usage notes

Used as man'yōgana for (he).

Compounds

Pronunciation

Counter

() (-bu) 

  1. copies of a newspaper or magazine

Noun

() (bu) 

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

Suffix

() (-bu) 

  1. division, bureau
  2. school club
    ()(きゅう)()
    yakyūbu
    baseball club
    ()(どう)()
    sadōbu
    tea ceremony club
    英会話(えいかいわ)()
    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 (MC buX|buwX).

Hanja

(eumhun (tte bu))

  1. hanja form? of (group, team)

(eumhun 거느릴 (geoneuril bu))

  1. hanja form? of (lead, command)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bộ, , 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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