部ぶ首しゅ

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しゅ

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

kanji radical; radical of a character

A term used in kanji dictionaries and study to identify the classified component of a kanji, such as さんずい in 海.

海うみの部ぶ首しゅはさんずいです。
The radical of 海 is さんずい.
漢かん字じ辞じ典てんで部ぶ首しゅから漢かん字じを調しらべた。
I looked up the kanji in a character dictionary by its radical.

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Usage patterns

〈漢かん字じ〉の部ぶ首しゅthe radical of a kanji character
「海かい」の部ぶ首しゅはさんずいです。
The radical of the kanji 海 is さんずい.
部ぶ首しゅで〈漢かん字じ〉を調しらべるto look up a kanji by its radical
読よめない漢かん字じは部ぶ首しゅで調しらべることができる。
You can look up a kanji you can't read by its radical.
部ぶ首しゅを覚おぼえるto memorize kanji radicals
漢かん字じを学まなぶ前まえに、まず主おもな部ぶ首しゅを覚おぼえた。
Before studying kanji, I first memorized the main radicals.