部

Meaning

Section, department, club · sección, departamento, club

Readings

• On (音読み): ブ
• Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

• 部屋（へや）— room
• 全部（ぜんぶ）— all; everything
• 部長（ぶちょう）— department head

Structure

Radical 邑 written as 阝 here (おおざと · Village (right side)) · 11 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

部屋 へや is irregular — learn it as a word. 阝 on the RIGHT (おおざと), as in 都. ～部 = department at work or club at school: 営業部, サッカー部. 部長 = department head, or club captain.