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
部門[门] bu4men2: department; branch; section; division
[部門 | 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
[部隊 | ぶたい budai: force; unit; corps; echelon; element]
部署 bu4shu3: to dispose; to deploy; deployment
[部署 | ぶしょ busho: one’s duty post; one’s duty station]
部分 bu4fen: part; share; section; piece
[部分 | ぶぶん bubun: portion; section; part]
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)]
內[内]部 nei2bu4: interior; inside (part, section); internal
[内部 | ないぶ naibu: interior; inside; internal]
南部 nan2bu4: southern part
[なんぶ nanbu: southern part; the south (of a region)]
東部 dong1bu4: the east; eastern part
[東部 | とうぶ doubu: eastern part; the east (of a region)]
[せいぶ seibu: western part; the west (of a region); the West (i.e. of the US)]
[内部 | ないぶ naibu: interior; inside; internal]
[なんぶ nanbu: southern part; the south (of a region)]
[東部 | とうぶ doubu: eastern part; the east (of a region)]
東部時間 [东部时间] dong1bu4 shi2jian1: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
東部時間 | とうぶじかん toubu jikan: Eastern Time (US time zone)
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
部屋 | へや heya: room
: (Abbreviation) sumo stable
部屋を空ける | へやをあける heya o akeru
: to clear a room
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
石部金吉 | いしべきんきち ishibe kinkichi
: (yoji) man of incorruptible character
内部犯行 | ないぶはんこう naibu hankou
: (yoji) inside job
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
按部就班 an4 bu4 jiu4 ban1
: to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine
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 used on the right) suggests the meaning while
咅 (pou3: to spit out) provides the sound.
Historical variant:
卩 jie2: seal radical 26
[kun: わりふ warifu. on: セツ ]
Look-alike:
陪 pei2: to accompany
[on: バイ bai]
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 tenisubu to goukon shimashou
Let’s have a (goukon: mixer with female and male students) party with members of the tennis club.
一部分錢被偷了。
yi1 bu4fen1 qian2 bei4 tou1 le
Some of the money was pilfered.
