部
部 — section, bureau, dept
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 11
- Taught in
- School year 3
- Frequency
- #36 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- ぶ bu
- ぶ bu
- Kun'yomi
-
- -べ -be
- -べ -be
Words that use 部
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 全部 ぜんぶ all JLPT N5
- 部屋 へや room JLPT N5
- 学部 がくぶ faculty (of a university) JLPT N4
- 部長 ぶちょう head (chief, director) of a section or department JLPT N4
- 大部分 だいぶぶん most part JLPT N3
- 部分 ぶぶん portion JLPT N3
- 部 ぶ department (in an organization, company, etc.) JLPT N2
- 外部 がいぶ outside (e.g. of a building) JLPT N2
- 部首 ぶしゅ radical (of a kanji character) JLPT N2
- 部品 ぶひん parts JLPT N2