部首

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ sau²
• Min Nan (POJ): pō͘-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhshoou
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ sau²
    • Yale: bouh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ seo²
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² sɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 捕手 部首

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-siú
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxsiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ ɕiu⁴¹/

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 (ぶ)首 (しゅ) (bushu)
• → Korean: 부수 (部首, busu)
• → Vietnamese: bộ thủ (部首)

See also

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

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Japanese

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

Noun

部首 (hiragana ぶしゅ, rōmaji bushu)

1. an element of a kanji character; a kanji radical.

   部 (ぶ)首 (しゅ)とは、漢 (かん)字 (じ)を構 (こう)成 (せい)する主 (おも)な要 (よう)素 (そ)のひとつです。

   Bushu to wa, kanji o kōsei suru omo na yōso no hitotsu desu.

   Radicals are an important element for organizing kanji characters.

See also

• 偏 (へん) (hen)
• 旁 (つくり) (tsukuri)
• 冠 (かんむり) (kanmuri)

References

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
部	首

Noun

部首 • (busu) (hangeul 부수)

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

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
部	首

Noun

部首

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