| 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) |
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)
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
678 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 類 【ルイ】 kind, sort, type, class, genus, order, family, similar example, parallel, the like
- 類似 【ルイジ】 resemblance, similarity, likeness, analogy
- 魚類 【ギョルイ】 fish, fishes
- 魚介類 【ギョカイルイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
Kun reading compounds
- 類い 【たぐい】 kind, sort, type, equal, match, peer
- 類いする 【たぐいする】 to be equal to, to be as good as, to be a match for, to rival
Readings
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- variedad
- clase
- parecido
- afectar
Portuguese
- espécie
- tipo
- variedade
- classe
- gênero
French
- sorte
- variété
- classe
- genre
| 534 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 632 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 602 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 680 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 493 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1012 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2755 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 226 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 226 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 563 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1896 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2275 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 940 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43608P | Morohashi |
| 1807 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6647 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 931 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1000 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 480 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 636 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1061 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-9 | SKIP code |
| 9148.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 985e | Unicode hex code |