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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 部首

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
部首 bù shǒu - radical of a Chinese character

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 98,419 58,928 57,846

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
部 bù- ministry
- department
- section
- part
- division
- troops
- board
- classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
首 shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc

Other Words Containing 部首

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
部首 - - 98,419 58,928 57,846