| 279 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 188 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 172 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 863 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 53 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 828 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 189 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 983 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 470 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 478 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 92 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 974 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3841 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1972 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2668 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1084 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13886 | Morohashi |
| 3097 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1075 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 184 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昼食 【チュウショク】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 昼間 【ヒルマ】 daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
- 炎昼 【エンチュウ】 hot summer early afternoon
- 春昼 【シュンチュウ】 spring day (which seems long and quiet)
Kun reading compounds
- 昼 【ひる】 noon, midday, daytime, lunch
- 昼食 【ちゅうしょく】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 小昼 【こひる】 just before noon, late-morning snack
- 夜昼 【よるひる】 day and night
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- día
- mediodía
Portuguese
- dia
- meio-dia
French
- journée
- midi
| 3772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 7710.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 663c | Unicode hex code |
section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
36 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 部 【ブ】 department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty, club (at a school, university, etc.), team, part, portion, region, area, category, class, division, section, heading, counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
- 部位 【ブイ】 part (esp. of the body), region, site, cut (of meat)
- 情報部 【ジョウホウブ】 information bureau, intelligence department
- 首脳部 【シュノウブ】 executives, top management, governing body
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とり、 ふ、 ぺ、 ま
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- sección
- departamento
- parte
- copia
Portuguese
- seção
- biro
- departamento
- classe
- cópia
- parte
- porção
- sufixo para contagem de jornais ou revistas
French
- partie
- bureau
- service
- classe
- copie
- section
- portion
- compteur de copies (presse)
| 504 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 407 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 384 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 37 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4767 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 282 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 969 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1418 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 86 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 86 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 53 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 762 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2111 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1498 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1862 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39460 | Morohashi |
| 1676 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6146 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1845 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1988 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 52 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 386 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 0762.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 90e8 | Unicode hex code |