俱乐部
jùlèbù · HSK 5
club
🎉 俱 all + 乐 happy + 部 group = everyone-happy group
俱 means 'all/together', 乐 means 'happy/music', and 部 means 'department/group'. Together: a group where everyone is happy together — a club. Sounds roughly like 'jew-luh-boo'.
乐 — stylized depiction of a wooden instrument with strings
Originally a pictograph of a wooden frame holding strings or bells, representing a musical instrument. The character first meant 'music' (read yuè), and by extension came to mean 'joy, happiness' (read lè), since music brings pleasure. The simplified form 乐 streamlines the older 樂.
部 — 阝(邑) right + 咅 phonetic
The right-side 阝 derives from 邑 (city/settlement), giving the meaning of a region, district, or administrative division. The left side 咅 supplies the sound. Originally referring to a settlement, the meaning broadened to 'part,' 'section,' or 'ministry.'