Word Meaning 六部

りくぶ rikubu

六部 is read as りくぶ (rikubu) and means Six Ministries (in Sui dynasty to Qing dynasty China).

Meaning

English

  1. Six Ministries (in Sui dynasty to Qing dynasty China)

Reading

Kana

りくぶ

Romaji

rikubu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 41739 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

六十六部

ろくじゅうろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

六合

りくごう

the universe

六連発

ろくれんぱつ

six-chambered (revolver)

六調子

ろくちょうし

six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

六公四民

ろくこうよんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)

六三制

ろくさんせい

six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

六十進法

ろくじっしんほう

sexagesimal

六信五行

ろくしんごぎょう

the six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam

六三三四制

ろくさんさんよんせい

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)

六法

ろっぽう

Compendium of Laws

六面体

ろくめんたい

hexahedron

六日間戦争

むいかかんせんそう

Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)

Example Sentences

1

このけーきはろくぶにきってください。

Please cut this cake into six portions.