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部 = 咅 + 阝

部 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “section”. It is built from 咅 (muzzle) and 阝 (pinnacle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1988.

Keyword
section
RTK frame
1988
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ブ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
-べ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
раздел
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
部 part

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 咅 muzzle
  2. 阝 pinnacle

How to find 部 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “muzzle” + “pinnacle”. 部 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 部 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.