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

集 jí

to gather, to collect; set, collection

radical 172 ⾫ · 12 strokes

部 bù

department, ministry; division, unit; part, section

radical 163 ⾢ · 10 strokes

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.