Kanji1 / 11
部 kanji
section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ブ
Kun readings
-べ
Variant forms
郶Words with 部
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —肩部shoulder
- —主部main part; principal part; subject (noun phrase)
- —述部predicate
- —尖部apex
- —側部the side
- —恥部private parts; privates; genitalia; secret place; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment; underbelly
- —尾部tail; caudal
- —部外outside (an organization, department, etc.)
- —部材component; part; material; member
- —部面phase; aspect; field; side
- —部類class; heading; group; category
- —六部six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
- —臀部buttocks
- —頸部neck
- —部属assigning to sections (departments, divisions, etc.); subordinate
- —背部(one's) back; back; rear
- —深部depths; deep part
- —部将commanding officer
- —残部remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; copies (still) in stock
- —膳部food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food