(bù)

part; section; department; ministry; measure word for films/books

How 部 is written

Strokes
10
Radical
— stand erect
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

Common words using 部

全部 quánbù
whole; entire; complete
部分 bùfèn
part; share; section
一部分 yībùfèn
portion; part of; subset
中部 zhōngbù
middle part; central section
俱樂部 jùlèbù
club (i.e. a group or organization) (loanword); CL:個|个[ge4]
內部 nèibù
interior; inside (part, section); internal
公安部 gōngānbù
Ministry of Public Security
北部 běibù
northern part; Tonkin (region in Vietnam)
南部 nánbù
southern part
外部 wàibù
external part; external
大部份 dàbùfen
in large part; the greater part; the majority
天龍八部 tiānlóngbābù
Demigods, semidevils, wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its TV and screen adaptations

部 in a sentence

這部電影很好看。

Zhè bù diànyǐng hěn hǎokàn.

“This movie is very good.”

How common is 部?

部 is the 84th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 38.6% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 部

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