部 — section, bureau

部
Meaning
section, bureau, dept, class, copy
On reading
ブbu
Kun reading
べbe
Strokes
11
Learned in
Grade 3 of elementary school in Japan

部 in names

When I turn a name into kanji, I use 部 for the sound “he” (へ), “vu” (ゔ), “bu” (ぶ) or “be” (べ).

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).