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Chinese symbol for “part”

部分
bù fen
part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for part is 部分 (bù fen), defined as: part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4].

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

部 bù
department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
radical 163 ⾢ · 10 strokes
分 fen
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “part”

WordPinyinMeaning
分fènpart; share
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart
局部jú bùpart; local
部位bù wèipart (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
部件bù jiànpart; component

Related words

Other words that share a character with 部分.

WordPinyinMeaning
部门 (部門)bù méndepartment; branch
全部quán bùwhole; all
内部 (內部)nèi bùinterior; inside (part, section)
部长 (部長)bù zhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief
部队 (部隊)bù duìarmy; armed forces
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart
分钟 (分鐘)fēn zhōngminute

See also: Japanese symbol for “part”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.