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: ⻏

部

Radical

Radical: 邑

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

邑

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, 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