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Chinese symbol for “department”

部门
bù mén
Traditional: 部門
department; branch; section; division

The closest CC-CEDICT match for department is 部门 (bù mén), defined as: department; branch; section; division; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

部 bù
department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
radical 163 ⾢ · 10 strokes
门 mén
gate, door, entrance, opening
radical 169 ⾨ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “department”

WordPinyinMeaning
科室kē shìdepartment; administrative division
科系kē xìdepartment
系xìsystem; department
部bùministry; department
司sīto take charge of; to manage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 部门.

WordPinyinMeaning
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
全部quán bùwhole; all
内部 (內部)nèi bùinterior; inside (part, section)
部长 (部長)bù zhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief
部队 (部隊)bù duìarmy; armed forces
专门 (專門)zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
门口 (門口)mén kǒudoorway; gate
出门 (出門)chū ménto go out; to leave home

See also: Japanese symbol for “department”.

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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