KanjiN3Grade 3 · 小311 strokesRadical 邑#36 in newspapers
部 · section, bureau
部 is a kanji meaning section, bureau, dept, class. It has 11 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ブbu
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- -べ-be
Practise the N3 kanji
In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 部 · 17 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 全部ぜんぶ | ぜんぶ | all, entire, whole | N5 |
| 部屋へや | へや | a room | N5 |
| 学部がくぶ | がくぶ | department of a university | N4 |
| 部長ぶちょう | ぶちょう | department (division) manager | N4 |
| 大部分だいぶぶん | だいぶぶん | most part, majority | N3 |
| 部分ぶぶん | ぶぶん | portion, section, part | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 外部がいぶ | がいぶ | the outside, external | N2 |
| 部首ぶしゅ | ぶしゅ | radical (of a kanji character) | N2 |
| 部品ぶひん | ぶひん | parts, accessories | N2 |
| 本部ほんぶ | ほんぶ | headquarters | N2 |
| 内部ないぶ | ないぶ | interior, inside, internal | N1 |
| 一部分いちぶぶん | いちぶぶん | a part, a portion | N1 |
| 幹部かんぶ | かんぶ | management, executive | N1 |
| 警部けいぶ | けいぶ | police inspector | N1 |
| 大部たいぶ | たいぶ | most (e.g., most part, greater, fairly, a good deal, much) | N1 |
| 部下ぶか | ぶか | one's subordinate | N1 |
| 部門ぶもん | ぶもん | class, group, category, department, field, branch | N1 |
Example sentence
彼の部屋は汚い。
かれのへやはきたない
His room is untidy.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #116208 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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