JLPT N3 · 11 strokes
Kanji 部: "section, bureau, dept"
The kanji 部 means "section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ブ in on'yomi and -べ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ブ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
-べ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 36 of 2,501 |
Common words with 部
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 部屋room; chamber · apartment; flat; pad
- 全部all; entire; whole; altogether
- 部分portion; section; part
- 部department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty · club (at a school, university, etc.); team
- 一部one part; one portion; one section · one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
- 部下subordinate person
- 内部interior; inside; internal
- 部隊force; unit; corps; squad
- 部長head (chief, director) of a section or department · head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
- 部活activités de club, activités extrascolaires
- 外部outside (e.g. of a building); exterior · outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
- 本部headquarters; head office; main office
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