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section
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingブ
Kun reading-べ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. sectionRtK
  2. bureau
  3. class
  4. copy
    この本を１部ください。Give me a copy of this book.tatoeba
  5. counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  6. dept
  7. part
  8. portion
  1. department (in an organization, company, etc.)
  2. division
  3. faculty
  4. club (at a school, university, etc.)

Popular Usage

全部部屋部長外部学部一部幹部警部一部分

Radicals and components

Radical邑city
Components
How it's built
部
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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muzzle · vase · stand up (立) · mouth (口) · city walls

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1988

Compound words

全部ぜんぶ
all; entire; whole; altogether
部屋へや
room; chamber; apartment; flat; pad
部長ぶちょう
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
外部がいぶ
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
学部がくぶ
faculty (of a university); school; college; department
一部いちぶ
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
幹部かんぶ
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass
警部けいぶ
police inspector
一部分いちぶぶん
one part; one portion; one section
下部かぶ
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
患部かんぶ
affected part; diseased part; wound
胸部きょうぶ
chest; breast
軍部ぐんぶ
military authorities; army circles
郡部ぐんぶ
rural districts; counties
後部こうぶ
rear; stern
腰部ようぶ
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
細部さいぶ
details; particulars
市部しぶ
urban areas
支部しぶ
branch; branch office; subdivision
上部じょうぶ
top part; surface
西部せいぶ
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
前部ぜんぶ
front part; fore; front
中部ちゅうぶ
center; centre; middle; heart; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
東部とうぶ
eastern part; the east (of a region)

On Reading Examples

新サービスの料金設定はマーケティング部が行う。ぶ
The marketing department is responsible for pricing new service.tatoeba
脚注とはページの下部の注をいう。かぶ
Footnotes are notes at the foot of a page.tatoeba
この組織は幹部ばかりが名を連ね、果たして決断を下せるのか怪しいものだ。かんぶ
Since in this organization they're all managers, it's a wonder any decisions get made.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は帽子をぬいで部屋に入った。
He entered the room with his hat off.tatoeba
彼は帽子をかぶり、外套を着たままで部屋の中に飛び込んできた。
He ran into the room with his hat and overcoat on.tatoeba
彼は部下の不始末を見つけた。
He detected his men's misconduct.tatoeba
彼は部下に当たり散らした。
He damned his men right and left.tatoeba
宣伝部長 都村健
Advertising manager: Ken TSUMURAwiki
副庶務部長 斎藤栄順
Fuku-bucho of Shomubu: Eijun SAITO (斎藤栄順)wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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