部 — department, section, bureau

ぶ部 department

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+90E8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #36 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1988 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

department
section
bureau
class
copy
part
portion
counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

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ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

部(ぶ) bu department 部(ぶ) 分(ぶん) bubun part 一(いち) 部(ぶ) ichibu part 全(ぜん) 部(ぶ) zenbu all 部(ぶ) 門(もん) bumon department 内(ない) 部(ぶ) naibu interior 本(ほん) 部(ぶ) honbu headquarters 部(ぶ) 長(ちょう) buchou department head

へ・べ he Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

部(へ) 屋(や) heya room お部(へ) 屋(や) oheya room 安(あ) 部(べ) abe Abe (surname) 武(たけ) 部(べ) takebe Takebe

なべ nabe Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

渡(わた) 部(なべ) watanabe Watanabe (surname)

とり tori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

服(はっ) 部(とり) hattori Hattori

Appears in idioms

一部始終四字熟語

one, department, commence, end

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咅 spit out

邑 city

阝 mound

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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部 — department, section, bureau

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word

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

へ・べ he Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

なべ nabe Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

とり tori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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部 — department, section, bureau

Meanings

word

ふ ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

へ ・べ he Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

なべ nabe Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

とり tori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

へ・べ he Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).