部 Kanji meaning "section, bureau, dept"

Jiten frequency #58JLPT N3Grade 3Kanken Level 8WaniKani Level 9RTKKLC Volume 1TMW Student11 strokes

Meanings

section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

On'yomi

ブ

Kun'yomi

-べ

Composed of

咅to spit outphonetic

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Kanji containing 部(1)

Reading usage

全(ぜん)部(ぶ)all#232 部(ぶ)分(ぶん)portion#1150 一(いち)部(ぶ)one part#1204 部(ぶ)department (in an organization, company, etc.)#1343 部(ぶ)下(か)subordinate person#2686 内(ない)部(ぶ)interior#3177 部(ぶ)長(ちょう)head (chief, director) of a section or department#4103 部(ぶ)活(かつ)club activities#4252 部(ぶ)隊(たい)force#4645 外(がい)部(ぶ)outside (e.g. of a building)#4723