Onyomi: ブ · Kunyomi: -べ · Meanings: bureau, class, copy, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine, dept, part, portion, section
Kanji for bureau, class, copy, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine, dept
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部 is formed from the meat/flesh radical ⺼ on the left, and 咅 on the right. The left radical indicates parts of the body or sections, while 咅 carries the sense of division or arrangement. Together, they express the idea of dividing a whole into sections or parts. From this, 部 came to mean section, department, or part.
部 shows dividing into parts, meaning section, department, or part.
部 is used when referring to a section, department, or part of a whole. Remember 部 as a portion or organized segment within something larger.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 部 | ぶ | department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 部 | べ | hereditary occupational group (Yamato period) | Noun |
| 部屋 | へや | room, chamber | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 部長 | ぶちょう | head (chief, director) of a section or department | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 部分 | ぶぶん | portion, section, part | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 部品 | ぶひん | parts, accessories, components | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 部下 | ぶか | subordinate person | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 部門 | ぶもん | division (of a larger group), branch, field, class (subclass), group, category, department | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 部族 | ぶぞく | tribe | common Noun |
| 部隊 | ぶたい | force, unit, corps, squad, troops, party | common Noun |