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部 (Kangxi radical 163,邑+8, 11 strokes,cangjie input卜口弓中 (YRNL),four-corner0762₇,composition⿰咅阝)

• 蔀,篰,廍

• へ(Hiragana character derived fromMan'yōgana)
• ヘ(Katakana character derived fromMan'yōgana)

• 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

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

部

1. part;division;section
2. 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 lǚyóubù[Pinyin]

   Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China

   北京大學醫學部／北京大学医学部  ― Běijīng Dàxué YīxuéBù  ―  Peking University Health Science Center (literally "Peking University Medical StudiesDepartment")

   某某超市防損部／某某超市防损部  ― mǒumǒu chāoshì fángsǔnbù  ―  loss preventiondepartment of an unnamed supermarket

3. (historical)Anadministrativedivision governed by a ministry.
4. 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 yībù diànyǐng.[Pinyin]

   I want to see a movie.

• “部”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• “部”, in重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese),National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan),2021.
• “部”, in教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2025.
• “Entry #13701”, in臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2022.
• 周存[Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “部”, in长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou:世界图书出版有限公司[World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.],→ISBN, page512.
• 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), “部”, 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, page134.

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• 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)

Used asman'yōgana forへ(he).

• (Tokyo)ぶ[búꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟]

部(ぶ)• (-bu) 

1. copies of anewspaper ormagazine

部(ぶ)• (bu) 

1. division,divide, apart
2. section,bureau,department

部(ぶ)• (-bu) 

1. division,bureau
2. schoolclub

   野(や)球(きゅう)部(ぶ)

   yakyūbu

   baseballclub

   茶(さ)道(どう)部(ぶ)

   sadōbu

   tea ceremonyclub

   英会話(えいかいわ)部(ぶ)

   eikaiwabu

   English-speakingclub

3. category

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”).

• 部(ぶ)活(かつ)動(どう)(bukatsudō)

• “^△部”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

FromMiddle Chinese部 (MC buX|buwX).

部 (eumhun떼부(tte bu))

1. hanja form^? of부(“group,team”)

部 (eumhun거느릴부(geoneuril bu))

1. hanja form^? of부(“lead,command”)

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

部:Hán Nôm readings:bộ,bõ,bỏ

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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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