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Section

WaniKani level 9JLPT N3Joyo grade 3Top 500 · #3611 strokes

Meanings

Section, Bureau, Dept, Class, Copy, Part, Portion, Counter For Copies Of A Newspaper Or Magazine

On'yomi

ぶ

Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.

Kun'yomi

-べ

Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.

Stroke order

Stroke order diagram for 部

部 is written in 11 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

About this kanji

部 (Section) is taught on WaniKani at level 9 and appears in the JLPT N3 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 3 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #36 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 11 strokes.

Other kanji at WaniKani level 9

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Words using 部

医学部いがくぶfaculty of medicine一部いちぶone part一部分いちぶぶんone part下部かぶlower part外部がいぶoutside (e.g. of a building)学部がくぶfaculty (of a university)幹部かんぶmanagement患部かんぶaffected part胸部きょうぶchest倶楽部クラブclub軍部ぐんぶmilitary authorities郡部ぐんぶrural districts警部けいぶpolice inspector後部こうぶrear腰部ようぶloins細部さいぶdetails

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