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    部ぶ首しゅ

    radical (of a kanji character)

    N2KMT10News #44+1Ref L2NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ぶしゅ

    Noun

    1.
    radical (of a kanji character)

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    この漢かん字じの部ぶ首しゅは「水みず」です。

    The radical of this kanji is 'water'.

    KMT10Core Concepts
    漢かん字じの部ぶ首しゅを知しっていると、辞じ書しょで文も字じを調しらべるのに役やく立だちます。

    Knowing kanji radicals helps in looking up characters in a dictionary.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEducation
    いくつかの漢かん字じには複ふく数すうの部ぶ首しゅがありますが、辞じ書しょ検けん索さくでは一ひとつだけが主しゅ要ような部ぶ首しゅと見みなされます。

    Some kanji have multiple radicals, but only one is considered the primary radical for dictionary lookup.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEducation
    一いっ般ぱん的てきな部ぶ首しゅを学まなぶことは、漢かん字じを習しゅう得とくするための基き本ほん的てきなステップです。

    Learning the common radicals is a fundamental step in mastering kanji.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEducation
    日に本ほん語ごの先せん生せいが、複ふく雑ざつな漢かん字じの部ぶ首しゅを特とく定ていする方ほう法ほうを説せつ明めいしてくれました。

    My Japanese teacher explained how to identify the radical of a complex kanji.

    KMT10EducationCore Concepts

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    section・bureau・dept・class・copy…(3)
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    neck・counter for songs and poems
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