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军部 (jūn bù) — military headquarters; war ministry; defense department

Definition

军部 (jūnbù) means the military headquarters or defense ministry — the top-level government body that commands the armed forces. Distinct from 军队 (the troops themselves) and 军区 (a regional command).

noun
military headquarterswar ministrydefense department
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 军部。
    Tā měi tiān dōu yào qù jūn bù huì bào gōng zuò.
    He has to go to the military headquarters every day to report on his work.
  • 军部。
    jūn bù De mìng lìng yǐ jīng chuán dá gěi qián xiàn le.
    The order from the war ministry has been relayed to the front line.
  • 军部。
    Tā men zài jūn bù lǐ kāi huì tǎo lùn zhàn lüè.
    They are meeting at the defense department to discuss strategy.

Origin

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.

军jūnarmy
部bùdepartment

军 is army and 部 is department or headquarters, giving army headquarters.

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 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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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
邑邑yì
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.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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