部
N3 WaniKani
Stroke Order
Meaning
Section, Bureau, Dept, Class
On'yomi (音読み)
ぶ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
-べ
Stroke Count
11 strokes
部 in useful words
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- 一部いちぶ
- one part; one portion; one section
- 部長ぶちょう
- head (chief, director) of a section or department
- 本部ほんぶ
- headquarters; head office; main office
- 幹部かんぶ
- management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
- 部隊ぶたい
- force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
- 部門ぶもん
- division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department
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