婦 — bu

Parts that make up 婦

How 婦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 婦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 帚.

Korean example words with 婦

• 간부奸婦 Korean gloss: 간악한 여자
• 부공婦功 Korean gloss: 부인의 공덕
• 부인婦人 Korean gloss: 결혼한 여자
• 손부孫婦 Korean gloss: 손자의 아내
• 현부賢婦 Korean gloss: 현명한 부인
• 나부裸婦 Korean gloss: 벌거벗은 여자
• 미부美婦 Korean gloss: 아름다운 부인
• 요부妖婦 Korean gloss: 요사스러운 계집
• 임부妊婦 Korean gloss: 아이를 밴 여자
• 잉부孕婦 Korean gloss: 아이를 밴 여자
• 직부織婦 Korean gloss: 천을 짜는 여자
• 열부烈婦 Korean gloss: 절개가 굳은 여자

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 婦

• 主婦しゅふ housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
• 夫婦ふうふ married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
• 婦人ふじん woman; lady; adult female
• 看護婦かんごふ (female) nurse
• 産婦人科さんふじんか maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
• 妊婦にんぷ pregnant woman
• 保健婦ほけんふ (female) public health nurse
• 婦女暴行ふじょぼうこう sexual assault (of a woman); rape
• 家政婦かせいふ housekeeper; maid
• 新婦しんぷ bride
• 助産婦じょさんぷ midwife
• 売春婦ばいしゅんふ prostitute

Characters sharing the phonetic 帚

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 女