Dong Chinese dictionary

bù

part

place in Gansu province

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

⻏ Meaning component

yì

city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

⻏ hints at the original meaning of 部, "place in Gansu province", which is no longer the most common meaning of 部 in modern Mandarin.

咅 Sound component

pǒu

to spit out

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bù

part, division, section; ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Most common words with 部

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	部	ministry
	部分	part
	部门	department
	全部	whole
	俱乐部	club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)

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