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The Kanji Map

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: ブ

Composition: 咅 邑

部

Radical

Radical: 邑

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

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

Onyomi Examples

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

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