Word Meaning 式部

しきぶ shikibu

式部 is read as しきぶ (shikibu) and means (Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies.

Meaning

English

  1. (Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

Reading

Kana

しきぶ

Romaji

shikibu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 14410 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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式部省

しきぶしょう

(Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies

松下電子部品株式会社

まつしたでんしぶひんかぶしきがいしゃ

Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation

式辞

しきじ

ceremonial address

しき

enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)

式場

しきじょう

ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral)

式日

しきじつ

day of a ceremony or event

式年

しきねん

year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)

一部

いちぶ

one copy (e.g. of a document)

本部

ほんぶ

headquarters

内部

ないぶ

interior

学部

がくぶ

department of a university

全部

ぜんぶ

all