部 means section
bureau, dept, class, copy
A village split into its sections: section, department.
On'yomi
- ブbu
Kun'yomi
- べbe
How it's built
- 咅
- ⻏town
Common words
- 部ぶdepartment (in an organization, company, etc.); division
- 部下ぶかsubordinate person
- 東部とうぶeastern part; the east (of a region)
- 北部ほくぶnorthern part; the north (of a region)