部首
bù shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

部首
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bù shǒu
  1. radical of a Chinese character

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

全部
quán bù
  1. 1 whole
  2. 2 entire
  3. 3 complete
部
bù
  1. 1 ministry
  2. 2 department
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 part
  5. 5 division
  6. 6 troops
  7. 7 board
  8. 8 classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
部分
bù fen
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 share
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 piece
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
一部分
yī bù fen
  1. 1 portion
  2. 2 part of
  3. 3 subset
中部
zhōng bù
  1. 1 middle part
  2. 2 central section
俱乐部
jù lè bù
  1. 1 club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
内部
nèi bù
  1. 1 interior
  2. 2 inside (part, section)
  3. 3 internal
公安部
Gōng ān bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Public Security
北部
běi bù
  1. 1 northern part
南部
nán bù
  1. 1 southern part
回首
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
外交部
Wài jiāo bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  2. 2 foreign office
  3. 3 Dept. of State
外部
wài bù
  1. 1 external part
  2. 2 external
大部分
dà bù fen
  1. 1 in large part
  2. 2 the greater part
  3. 3 the majority
天龙八部
Tiān lóng Bā Bù
  1. 1 Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jīn Yōng] and its TV and screen adaptations
尾部
wěi bù
  1. 1 back part
  2. 2 rear or tail section
局部
jú bù
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 local
干部
gàn bù
  1. 1 cadre
  2. 2 official
  3. 3 officer
  4. 4 manager

Idioms (19)

低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
按部就班
àn bù jiù bān
  1. 1 to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
  1. 1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
  2. 2 to strut
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
  1. 1 afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
  2. 2 afraid of the slightest thing
痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu
  1. 1 bitter and hateful (idiom)
  2. 2 to grieve and lament (over sth)
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
  1. 1 (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
  1. 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí
  1. 1 main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster
罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu
  1. 1 criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster
翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu
  1. 1 head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
  2. 2 outstanding
翘首以待
qiáo shǒu yǐ dài
  1. 1 to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
  2. 2 to anxiously await
蓬首垢面
péng shǒu gòu miàn
  1. 1 lit. with disheveled hair and a dirty face
  2. 2 of unkempt appearance (idiom)
身首异处
shēn shǒu yì chù
  1. 1 to be decapitated (idiom)
首屈一指
shǒu qū yī zhǐ
  1. 1 to count as number one (idiom); second to none
  2. 2 outstanding
马首是瞻
mǎ shǒu shì zhān
  1. 1 to follow blindly (idiom)
  2. 2 to take as one's only guide

Sample Sentences

没问题。很多字的部首在左边，比如 “ 打 ” 的部首叫 “ 提手旁 ” 。 “ 住 ” 的部首叫 “ 单人旁 ”。
méiwèntí 。hěn duō zì de bùshǒu zài zuǒbiān ，bǐrú “ dǎ ” de bùshǒu jiào “ tíshǒupáng ” 。 “ zhù ” de bùshǒu jiào “ dānrénpáng ”。
No problem. The radical in a lot of words is on the left. For example, in the character for " to hit ", the radical is called " the raising hand radical." In the character for " to live in, " the radical is " the single person radical."
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其实没你想的那么难。认识几个常用部首的话，查起来会方便些。
qíshí méi nǐ xiǎng de nàme nán 。rènshi jǐ ge chángyòng bùshǒu dehuà ，chá qǐlái huì fāngbiàn xiē 。
Actually, it's not as hard as you think. When you recognize a few commonly used radicals, it's easier to look things up.
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中文字典太难查了。还要分析什么部首。
Zhōngwén zìdiǎn tài nán chá le 。hái yào fēnxī shénme bùshǒu 。
Chinese dictionaries are too hard to use. And you have to analyze stuff like "radicals."
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对。“很”的部首也在左边，叫“双人旁”。看，有两个撇。
duì 。“hěn ”de bùshǒu yě zài zuǒbiān ，jiào “shuāngrénpáng ”。kàn ，yǒu liǎng ge piě 。
Right. And in the character for "very," the radical is also on the left. It's called "the double person radical." Look, it has two falling-left strokes.
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再看这个 “ 冰 ” 字，它的部首叫“两点水 ”。“ 酒 ”的部首呢，叫 “ 三点水 ”。
zài kàn zhè ge “ bīng ” zì ，tā de bùshǒu jiào “liǎngdiǎnshuǐ ”。“ jiǔ ”de bùshǒu ne ，jiào “ sāndiǎnshuǐ ”。
Now take a look at this character for "cold." The radical is called "two-dot ice." The radical in "alcohol”is "three-dot water."
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先看 “ 部首目录 ” 。我们要根据部首查字。
xiān kàn “ bùshǒu mùlù ” 。wǒmen yào gēnjù bùshǒu chá zì 。
First look at the "Table of Radicals." We look up characters by their radicals.
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哦，原来一些简单的字也是部首。哎，这些笔画也算部首？
ò ，yuánlái yīxiē jiǎndān de zì yě shì bùshǒu 。āi ，zhèxiē bǐhuà yě suàn bùshǒu ？
Oh-- so some simple characters are also radicals. Ah-- do these strokes also count as components?
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合体字的话，你可以先把简单的那部分当成“部首”。独体字的话，可能它自己就是一个部首。
hétǐzì dehuà ，nǐ kěyǐ xiān bǎ jiǎndān de nà bùfen dàngchéng “bùshǒu ”。dútǐzì dehuà ，kěnéng tā zìjǐ jiùshì yī ge bùshǒu 。
With characters with multiple components, you treat the simple part as the radical. Characters with a single component might be radicals themselves.
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没错。而且就算不知道部首，也可以查字的。
méicuò 。érqiě jiùsuàn bù zhīdào bùshǒu ，yě kěyǐ chá zì de 。
Yes. And even if you don't know the radicals, you can still look up the character.
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