部 bù
measure word
: ministry; department
: section; part; division
: troops; board
: measure word for works of literature, films, machines etc
Kun Reading
部 | べ be
noun
: hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
On Reading
部 | ぶ bu
noun | noun suffix
: department (in an organization); division; bureau
: club
: part; component; element
: category
: (Counter) counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
部分 bu4fen: part; share; section; piece
[ぶぶん bubun: portion; section; par]
部下 bu4xia4: troops under one’s command; subordinate
[ぶか buka: subordinate person]
部門[门] bu4men2: department; branch; section; division
[ぶもん bumon: division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department]
部長[长] bu4zhang3: head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister
[部長 | ぶちょう buchou: head (chief, director) of a section or department;
: head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team]
部隊[队] bu4dui4: army; armed forces; troops; force; unit
[ぶたい butai: force; unit; corps; echelon; element]
部首 bu4shou3: the key or radical by which a character is arranged in a traditional Chinese dictionary
[ぶしゅ bushu: radical (of a kanji character)]
部署 bu4shu3: to dispose; to deploy; deployment
[ぶしょ busho: one’s duty post; one’s duty station]
幹[干]部 gan4bu4: cadre; official; officer; manager
[幹部 | かんぶ kanbu: management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons]
全部 quan2bu4: whole; entire; complete
[ぜんぶ zenbu: all; entire; whole; altogether]
西部 xi1bu4: western part
[せいぶ seibu; western part; the west (of a region); the West (i.e. of the US)]
南部 nan1bu4: southern part
[なんぶ nanbu: southern part; the south (of a region)]
內部 nei4bu4: interior; inside (part, section); internal
Japanese common word | expression | idiom
部屋 | へや heya
: room
: (Abbreviation) sumo stable
部屋を散らかす | へやをちらかす heya o chirakasu
: to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about
Chinese expression | idiom
一部二十四史，不知從何說起 [一部二十四史，不知从何说起]
yi1 bu4 er4 shi2 si4 shi3 , bu4 zhi1 cong2 he2 shuo1 qi3
: It’s a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
形声 Pictophonetic.
⻏ (city CJK radical on the right) suggests the meaning while
咅 (pou3: to spit out) provides the sound.
Look-alike:
陪 pei2: to accompany, be with, keep company, to assist
[on: バイ bai]
Historical Variant:
卩 jie2: Seal radical 26
[warifu. on: setsu]
Examples:
テニス部と合コンしましょう。
テニスぶとごうコンしましょう tenisu buto goukon shimashou
Let’s have a party (/mixer) with members of the tennis club.
他在策劃部工作。
ta zai4 ce4hua bu4 gong1zuo4.
He works in the planning section.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
