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bù

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bù · bou6 (Jyutping)

  1. ministry
  2. department
  3. section
  4. part
  5. division
  6. troops
  7. board
  8. classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

部

Meaning
part, division, section
Radical
阝
Strokes
10
Components
⿰咅阝
Cangjie
YRNL
Four-corner
0762.7

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