部长

Character by character

• 部bù10 strokesHSK 2part, division, section
• 长zhǎng4 strokesHSK 2 traditional 長long; length; excel in; leader

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 部长. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 长zhǎngHSK 2

  chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance

• 部bùHSK 3

  ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

• 部分bù fenHSK 2

  part; share; section; piece

• 全部quán bùHSK 2

  whole; all

• 部门bù ménHSK 3

  department; branch; section; division

• 长大zhǎng dàHSK 2

  to grow up

• 俱乐部jù lè bùHSK 5

  club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)

• 大部分dà bù fenHSK 2

  in large part; the greater part; the majority

• 内部nèi bùHSK 4

  interior; inside (part, section); internal

• 部队bù duìHSK 6

  army; armed forces; troops; force; unit

• 成长chéng zhǎngHSK 3

  to mature; to grow; growth

• 家长jiā zhǎngHSK 2

  head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 局长jú zhǎngHSK 5

  bureau chief

• 队长duì zhǎngHSK 2

  captain; team leader

• 西部xī bùHSK 3

  western part

• 校长xiào zhǎngHSK 2

  (college, university) president; headmaster

• 市长shì zhǎngHSK 2

  mayor

• 增长zēng zhǎngHSK 3

  to grow; to increase

• 总部zǒng bùHSK 6

  general headquarters

• 头部tóu bùHSK 7

  head

• 生长shēng zhǎngHSK 3

  to grow; to grow up; to be brought up

• 一部分yī bù fenHSK 2

  portion; part of; subset

• 部位bù wèiHSK 5

  part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)