Entry
  1. Noun

    (professional) storyteller

  2. hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

Also written 語りべ【かたりべ】語部【かたりべ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

word, speech, language

Kun
かた.るかた.らう
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
301 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.6The Kanji Dictionary
0166.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a9eUnicode hex code
1-24-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4374Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5628New Nelson (John Haig)
1543New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1944Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
347Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2136Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
231Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35533Morohashi
112A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
209sakade
87Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
124henshall3
231Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
211crowley
154Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1685Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
353Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu3, yu4Pinyin reading
eoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
-べ
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
36 of 2500
Radical
city
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

とり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-8-3, 1-8-2SKIP code
2d8.15The Kanji Dictionary
0762.7Four corner code
444deroo
90e8Unicode hex code
1-41-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4767Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6146New Nelson (John Haig)
1676New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1099Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1498Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1845Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1988Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
37A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1418Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
282Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39460Morohashi
384A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
86Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
86Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
504sakade
969Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
407henshall3
386Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
52crowley
53Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
762Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1862Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level