부

bu · [부]

division · department · wealth · fortune

nounbound nounIntermediate

Meanings

부 · noun · Intermediate

  1. division; departmentOne of the small units into which an organization is divided by duty.

부ː · noun · Intermediate

  1. wealth; fortuneA lot of property or possessions.
  2. wealthThe entire wealth of a country or society such as capital, products, resources, etc.

부 · bound noun · Intermediate

  1. partA bound noun indicating one of the divisions of a certain task or performance.
  2. A bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the number of newspapers, books, or documents.

Written Forms

부Hangul
部Hanja
富Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

When you watch workplace dramas, department names like marketing or public relations appear often, right?

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I think their divine aspect, symbolizing wealth and abundance, is being emphasized more.

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그렇다면 결론부에서 사용된 인과적 연결어들은 어떠한 기능으로 해석해야 할까요?

Then, how should we interpret the function of the causal connectors used in the conclusion?

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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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