部bou6首sau2

English

1. radical of a Chinese character
2. radical of Chinese characters

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 傳統字典按照字形結構，將形體偏旁一樣嘅漢字，分部排列，方便用家查字，入面分咗嘅部類就係「部首」（量詞：個）

Examples

• 喺香港，大部份中文字典都係按部首檢字嘅。

  In Hong Kong, most Chinese dictionaries are organized according to the character's radical.

• 「信」字嘅部首係「人」。 ("seon3" zi6 ge3 bou6 sau2 hai6 "jan4".)

  The radical of "信" is "人".

• “好”的部首是女。

  The radical in the Chinese character for "good" is the character for "woman".

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• 漢字的基本單位稱作「部首」。

  The basic components of Chinese characters are called "radicals".

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