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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ sau²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-siú / pǒ͘-siú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bou⁶ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shou³
    • Yale: bù-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhshoou
    • Palladius: бушоу (bušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ sau²
    • Yale: bouh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² sɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 捕手 部首

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-siú
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxsiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ siu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒ͘-siú
    • Tâi-lô: pǒo-siú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²² siu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou⁶ siu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pŏu siú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³⁵⁻¹¹ siu⁵²/

Noun

部首

1. radical (of a Chinese character, as used in a traditional Chinese dictionary); indexing component

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (部首):

• → Japanese: 部首(ぶしゅ) (bushu)
• → Korean: 부수(部首) (busu)
• → Vietnamese: bộ thủ (部首)

See also

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

Japanese

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

Noun

部(ぶ)首(しゅ) • (bushu) 

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

   部首(ぶしゅ)は漢字(かんじ)を構成(こうせい)する主(おも)な要素(ようそ)のひとつです。

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

   Radicals are one of the important elements composing Chinese 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.

Korean

Hanja in this term
部	首

Noun

部首 • (busu) (hangeul 부수)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
部	首

Noun

部首

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