部首 (bù shǒu) — (noun) radical of a Chinese character (used for dictionary lookup and semantic classification)
Definition
A 部首 (bùshǒu) is the semantic component of a Chinese character, used as the head of a dictionary entry to group and look up characters. Every character has one; it is not the same as a 偏旁, which refers to any side component of a character.
noun
radical of a Chinese character (used for dictionary lookup and semantic classification)
Examples
- ，部首。Chá zì diǎn de shí hou, nǐ xiān yào què dìng zì de bù shǒu.When looking up a dictionary, you first need to determine the character's radical.
- ，部首。Zhè ge zì rú guǒ bù zhī dào dú yīn, kě yǐ àn bù shǒu lái zhǎo.If you don't know the pronunciation of this character, you can find it by radical.
- 部首。Xué hàn zì shí jì shú cháng yòng de bù shǒu huì bāng hěn dà máng.Memorizing common radicals when learning characters will help a lot.
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