Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

36 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

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

Kunyomi: -べ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(ぶ)   section, category, department

分(ぶぶん)   portion

長(ぶちょう)   head of a section or department

下(ぶか)   subordinate person

(ぜんぶ)   all

(ほくぶ)   northern part

(ないぶ)   inside, interior, inward

(がくぶ)   department of a university

営業(えいぎょうぶ)   sales department

*阿(あべ)   Abe (surname)

*屋(へや)   room

Onyomi Examples

department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty, club, part, portion, region, area, category, class, division, section, heading, counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.

ブイ part (esp. of the body), region, site, cut (of meat)

情報 ジョウホウブ information bureau, intelligence department

首脳 シュノウブ executives, top management, governing body