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: ブ
Composition: 咅 邑
Radical: 邑
Reading: おおざと
Meaning: town (阝 right)
Strokes: 3
部(ぶ) section, category, department
部分(ぶぶん) portion
部長(ぶちょう) head of a section or department
部下(ぶか) subordinate person
全部(ぜんぶ) all
北部(ほくぶ) northern part
内部(ないぶ) inside, interior, inward
学部(がくぶ) department of a university
営業部(えいぎょうぶ) sales department
*阿部(あべ) Abe (surname)
*部屋(へや) room
部 (ブ) department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty, club (at a school, university, etc.), team, part, portion, region, area, category, class, division, section, heading, counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
部位 (ブイ) part (esp. of the body), region, site, cut (of meat)
情報部 (ジョウホウブ) information bureau, intelligence department
首脳部 (シュノウブ) executives, top management, governing body