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
部位
bùwèi
body part
Characters in this word
位 wèi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 立 to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个部位疼。 Zhè ge bù wèi téng. This spot hurts.
- 哪个部位疼？ Nǎ ge bù wèi téng? Which spot hurts?
- 按这个部位。 Àn zhè ge bù wèi. Press this spot.
Related words
- 部分 bùfen part
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 全部 quánbù all; completely
- 一部分 yíbùfen one part
- 北部 běibù northern part; the north
- 部 bù a measure word for films, books, and vehicles
- 部门 bùmén department
- 部长 bùzhǎng minister
- 东部 dōngbù eastern part
- 南部 nánbù southern part
- 西部 xībù western part
- 中部 zhōngbù central part