师部 (shī bù) — (military) division headquarters

Definition

noun

(military) division headquarters

Measure word · 个

师部。
shī bù Mìng lìng bù duì qián jìn.
The division headquarters ordered the troops to advance.
师部。
Tā gāng cóng shī bù huí lái.
He just came back from the division headquarters.
师部。
shī bù Shè zài xiàn chéng lǐ.
The division headquarters is located in the county town.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

师shīdivision

部bùcommand office

The division and command office combine to mean the office of a military division.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

𠂤帀師

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

咅

咅pǒu部bù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.