教育部 (jiào yù bù) — Ministry of Education

Definition

noun

Ministry of Education

。
Tā zài jiào yù bù gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
He has worked at the Ministry of Education for many years.
教育部。
jiào yù bù Fā bù le xīn de jiào yù zhèng cè.
The Ministry of Education has issued a new education policy.
教育部。
jiào yù bù Zhèng zài yán jiū gāo kǎo gǎi gé fāng àn.
The Ministry of Education is studying a reform plan for the college entrance exam.

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.

教育education

联合Coordinate

部bùministry

教育 means education and 部 means ministry, so the word names the ministry for education.

Characters in this word

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

子子zǐchild

攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority

Sound part声符shēngfú

爻

爻yáo教jiào

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

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

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