bù
unité; ministère; département; partie; section
这是一部令人伤感的电影。
zhè shì yí bù lìnɡ rén shānɡ ɡǎn de diàn yǐnɡ .
This is a sad movie.
我国每年都要制定几十部法律。
wǒ ɡuó měi nián dōu yào zhì dìnɡ jǐ shí bù fǎ lǜ .
Our country enacts dozens of laws every year.
这只是其中一部分。
zhè zhǐ shì qí zhōnɡ yí bù fèn .
This is just some of them.
科 (kē)
department
份 (fèn)
part
总 (zǒng)
total
全 (quán)
all
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The Chinese character 部 (bù) is composed of two parts: 亻(rén) and 符 (fú). The left component 亻(rén) represents a person, while the right component 符 (fú) means "tally" or "token". Together, they form the character 部 (bù), which originally meant "a part of a group" or "a section". In ancient China, a tally was a split piece of wood or bamboo that was used as a token or proof of identity. When two people made an agreement, they would each keep one half of the tally. When they met again, they would fit the two halves together to verify their identities. This concept of a tally is reflected in the character 部 (bù), which represents a part of a whole or a section of a group. Over time, the meaning of 部 (bù) expanded to include "department", "ministry", "branch", and "category". It is also used as a suffix to indicate a group or category of things, such as 部队 (bùduì, "troops") and 部门 (bùmén, "department").
