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部分

bùfen

part

A cake with one slice separated
Memory picture

Characters in this word

部 bù

Strokes
10
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

分 fēn

Strokes
4
Radical
刀 — knife
Made of
八 eight 刀 knife
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这部分很难。 Zhè bùfen hěn nán. This part is very hard.
  • 我看这部分。 Wǒ kàn zhè bùfen. I will look at this part.
  • 部分人走了。 Bùfen rén zǒu le. Some people left.

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