Kanji: 部

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	阝 Radical name: おおざと (こざとへん）
Meaning:	Section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 40 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	全部(ぜんぶ)	All
N5	部屋(へや)	room
N4	部長(ぶちょう)	head of a section
N3	大部分(だいぶぶん)	most part, greater part, majority
N3	部分(ぶぶん)	portion, section, part
N2	外部(がいぶ)	the outside, external
N2	学部(がくぶ)	department of a university, undergraduate
N2	部首(ぶしゅ)	radical (of a kanji character)
N2	部品(ぶひん)	parts, accessories
N2	本部(ほんぶ)	headquarters
N1	一部(いちぶ)	1. one copy e.g. of a document, 2. a part, partly, some
N1	一部分(いちぶぶん)	a part
N1	幹部(かんぶ)	management, (executive) staff, leaders
N1	警部(けいぶ)	police inspector
N1	大部(たいぶ)	most (e.g. most part), greater, fairly, a good deal, much
N1	内部(ないぶ)	interior, inside, internal
N1	部(ぶ)	department, part, category, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
N1	部下(ぶか)	subordinate person
N1	部門(ぶもん)	class, group, category, department, field, branch