| 3817 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2463 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1193 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1381 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 29891 | Morohashi |
| 4873 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2468 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1113 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 膳 【ゼン】 small dining table (usu. for a single person), serving tray (with legs), meal, food, serving, counter for bowlfuls of rice, counter for pairs of chopsticks
- 膳越し 【ゼンゴシ】 rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks
- 大膳 【ダイゼン】 black-bellied plover, grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- 陪膳 【バイゼン】 serving food (to a nobleman), nobleman's server
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぜ、 よし
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- mesita baja
- bandeja (para comida)
- comida
- contador de palillos
Portuguese
French
| 4b12.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 7826.5 | Four corner code |
| 7826.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81b3 | 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 |