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Kanji Detail for 部 - "part, department, group"

部

  • Meaning

    部 means "part, department, group."

    1. Part - A section; a division.

    2. Department - An organizational unit.

    3. Group - A team; a unit.

  • Words using 部

    • 一部 いちぶ Listen one part; one portion; one section
    • 幹部 かんぶ Listen management; (executive) staff; leaders
    • 本部 ほんぶ Listen headquarters; head office; main office
    • 部分 ぶぶん Listen portion; section; part
    • 部長 ぶちょう Listen head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
    • 部門 ぶもん Listen division (of a larger group); branch; field
    • 内部 ないぶ Listen interior; inside; internal
    • 学部 がくぶ Listen faculty (of a university); school; college

  • Four-character idioms with 部

    • 一部始終 いちぶしじゅう Listen full particulars; all the details; the whole story
    • 石部金吉 いしべきんきち Listen man of incorruptible character

  • Tattoo check: 部

    • Verified meaning: part, department, group
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たかなべ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 部

    Surnames 部(たかなべ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    part, division, section

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    department, ministry; division, unit; part, section

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To command. As in 所部 (those under command), 部下 (subordinates). All referring to the people one leads. Ancient military organization had 部曲 (units and sections), with this meaning. | To distribute. 部署 is equivalent to 布置 (arrange). | A government office. The old system divided into six ministries: Personnel, Rites, Revenue, War, Justice, and Works. Today, organizations and institutions are also divided into departments. | A category. As in books being divided into four categories: Classics, Histories, Masters, and Collections. Today, a complete book from beginning to end is also called 一部 (one volume).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bu(ブ) ブ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    be(べ) べ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    part department group bureau counter divide govern hill office unit village section branch classification component division domain element segment team area sphere subset

Sentences including 部

  • He set things in order in his room.

  • It was dark and cold in the room.

  • The curtains make this room beautiful.

  • He walked up and down the room.

  • May i see the room , please?

  • I have a telephone in my room.

  • I use the room in common with my sister.

  • My mother cleans the room.

  • Don't you think the air conditioner is turned up too high in here?

  • I saw him enter the room.

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