发行部 (fā xíng bù) — distribution department (of a newspaper, magazi…

Definition

Refers to the department inside a newspaper, magazine, or publishing house that handles distribution and circulation of printed issues to readers.

noun

distribution department (of a newspaper, magazine, or publishing house)circulation department

Measure word · 个

发行部。
Tā zài fā xíng bù gōng zuò.
He works in the distribution department.
发行部。
fā xíng bù De fù zé rén jīng yàn fēng fù.
The person in charge of the distribution department is very experienced.
发行部。
Zhè jiā bào shè de fā xíng bù xiào lǜ hěn gāo.
The distribution department of this newspaper is very efficient.

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.

发行distribute

联合Side by side

部bùdepartment

发行 (distribute) and 部 (department) name a distribution department.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

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.