部首

Chinese

ministry; department; section
ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
 
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
simp. and trad.
(部首) 		部 首

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

部首

  1. radical (of a Chinese character, as used in a traditional Chinese dictionary); indexing component

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (部首):
  • → Japanese: 部首(ぶしゅ) (bushu)
  • → Korean: 부수(部首) (busu)
  • → Vietnamese: bộ thủ (部首)

See also

  • 偏旁 (piānpáng, “component of Chinese characters”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
部 首
ぶ
Grade: 3 		しゅ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぶしゅ [búꜜshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ɕɨ]

Noun

部(ぶ)首(しゅ) • (bushu) 

  1. an element of a kanji character; a kanji radical.
    部首(ぶしゅ)は漢字(かんじ)を構成(こうせい)する主(おも)な要素(ようそ)のひとつです。
    Bushu wa kanji o kōsei suru omo na yōso no hitotsu desu.
    Radicals are one of the important elements composing Chinese characters.

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
部首

Noun

部首 • (busu) (hangeul 부수)

  1. hanja form? of 부수 (“hanja radical”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
部首

Noun

部首

  1. chữ Hán form of bộ thủ (“Hán Nôm radical”)
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