This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ブ、-べ
Romaji: bu, -be
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: とり、ふ、ぺ、ま
Romaji: tori, fu, pe, ma
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Romaji

Meanings

section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  163
Frequency:  36
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-8-3
Korean Reading:  bu
Chinese Reading:  bu4
Unicode:  90e8
JIS:  4974

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1676
Nelson Index: 4767
New Nelson Index: 6146
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2d8.15
Four Corner Index: 0762.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 384
Gakken Index: 37
Japanese Names Index: 1418
Daikanwanjiten Index: 39460
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0256
Remembering the kanji Index: 1845
Busy People Index: 2.5
Kanji Way Index: 52
Kanji Flashcards Index: 969
Kodansha Compact Index: 762
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 407
Kanji in Context Index: 53
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1099
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1498
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1862
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1988
Essential Kanji Index: 282
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2111
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 444
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 504
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 386

Words

外部 (がいぶ)
the outside; external
学部 (がくぶ)
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
東部 (とうぶ)
eastern part; the east (of a region)
支部 (しぶ)
branch; subdivision
下部 (かぶ)
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
一部 (いちぶ)
one part; one portion; one section; some; one copy (e.g. of a document)
西部 (せいぶ)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (i.e. of the US)
中部 (ちゅうぶ)
center; centre; middle; heart; Chubu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
幹部 (かんぶ)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
頭部 (とうぶ)
head; cranium; cephalic
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