六部

Chinese

		six	ministry
simp. and trad. (六部)		六	部

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liùbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liùbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liòubù
    • Wade–Giles: Liu⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: Lyòu-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liowbuh
    • Palladius: Любу (Ljubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

Proper noun

六部

1. (historical politics) the Six Ministries of medieval and early modern imperial China: Personnel, Revenue, War, Rites, Public Works, and Justice

Hypernyms

• 三省; 尚書省／尚书省

Hyponyms

• 吏部 (Lìbù); 戶部／户部 (Hùbù); 兵部 (Bīngbù); 禮部／礼部 (Lǐbù); 工部 (Gōngbù); 刑部 (Xíngbù)

Derived terms

• 三省六部 (Sānshěng Liùbù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (六部):

• → Japanese: 六(りく)部(ぶ) (Rikubu)
• → Korean: 육부(六部) (Yukbu)
• → Vietnamese: Lục bộ (六部)

Japanese

Etymology

Middle Chinese 六部

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
六	部
ろく Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3
goon

• (Tokyo) ろく​ぶ [ròkúꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

六(ろく)部(ぶ) • (rokubu) 

1. Clipping of 六十六部 (rokujūrokubu, “Buddhist pilgrimage involving carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to sacred sites in 66 provinces”).

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
六	部
りく Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3
kan’on	goon

• (Tokyo) り​くぶ [ríꜜkùbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲikɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

六(りく)部(ぶ) • (Rikubu) 

1. (history, government, of feudal China) the Six Ministries

See also

• 六(ろく)部(ぶ)笠(がさ) (rokubugasa)
• 吏(り)部(ぶ) (Ribu)
• 戸(こ)部(ぶ) (Kobu)
• 礼(れい)部(ぶ) (Reibu)
• 兵(へい)部(ぶ) (Heibu)
• 刑(けい)部(ぶ) (Keibu)
• 工(こう)部(ぶ) (Kōbu)
• 三(さん)省(しょう) (Sanshō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
六	部

Proper noun

六部 • (Yukbu) (hangeul 육부)

1. Hanja form^? of 육부.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
六	部

Proper noun

六部

1. chữ Hán form of Lục bộ.