Chinese symbol for “apocryphal”
集部
jí bù
non-canonical text; Chinese literary work not included in official classics; apocryphal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for apocryphal is 集部 (jí bù), defined as: non-canonical text; Chinese literary work not included in official classics; apocryphal.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 集部.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 集团 (集團) | jí tuán | group; bloc |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate; to centralize |
| 收集 | shōu jí | to gather; to collect |
| 集体 (集體) | jí tǐ | collective (decision); joint (effort) |
| 集会 (集會) | jí huì | to gather; assembly |
| 聚集 | jù jí | to assemble; to gather |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 部门 (部門) | bù mén | department; branch |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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