Chinese symbol for “ministry”
部
bù
ministry; department; section; part
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ministry is 部 (bù), defined as: ministry; department; section; part; division; troops.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ministry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 省 | shěng | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out |
| 事工 | shì gōng | (Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 部.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 部门 (部門) | bù mén | department; branch |
| 全部 | quán bù | whole; all |
| 内部 (內部) | nèi bù | interior; inside (part, section) |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
| 部队 (部隊) | bù duì | army; armed forces |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ministry”.
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.