部 is the Japanese kanji for section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine. It is written with 11 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is -べ and its on reading is ブ.
Stroke order
Words with 部
- 部department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau
- 一部one part, one portion, one section
- 幹部management, (executive) staff, leaders
- 部長head (chief, director) of a section or department
- 部分portion, section, part
- 部門division (of a larger group), branch, field
Practice 部 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.