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Kanji Detail for 部 - "part, section, department"

  • Meaning

    部 means "part, section, department."

    1. Part - A section; a division.

    2. Department - An organizational unit.

    3. Group - A team; a unit.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    part, division, section

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    department, ministry; division, unit; part, section

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To command. As in 所部 (those under command), 部下 (subordinates). All referring to the people one leads. Ancient military organization had 部曲 (units and sections), with this meaning. | To distribute. 部署 is equivalent to 布置 (arrange). | A government office. The old system divided into six ministries: Personnel, Rites, Revenue, War, Justice, and Works. Today, organizations and institutions are also divided into departments. | A category. As in books being divided into four categories: Classics, Histories, Masters, and Collections. Today, a complete book from beginning to end is also called 一部 (one volume).
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