治部省

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
治	部	省
じ Grade: 4	ぶ Grade: 3	しょう Grade: 4
goon

治部 (literally “Ministry of Governance”) +‎ 省 (“ministry”). 治部 seems to have been modeled after Chinese-styled ministry names with 部 (bu, “ministry”), in parallel with other similarly named ones such as 民部省 (Minbushō, literally “Ministry of Ministry of People”) and 兵部省 (Hyōbushō, literally “Ministry of Ministry of Soldiers”). Unlike in China, Korea and Vietnam, 部 has never been used to mean "ministry" and was merely fossilized in ministry names borrowed from Chinese, hence the apparent redundancy.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じぶ​しょー [jìbúꜜshòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑibɯ̟ᵝɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

治(じ)部(ぶ)省(しょう) • (Jibushō) ^{←ぢぶしゃう (dibusyau)?}

1. (historical, government) the Ministry of Ceremonies

   Synonyms: 礼部省 (Reibushō), 礼部 (Reibu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
治	部	省
おさ(むる)		つかさ Grade: 4
Grade: 4	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
理官

治むる (wosamuru, attributive of archaic 治む (wosamu, “to rule; to reign”)) +‎ 省 (“agency”)

Proper noun

治部(おさむる)省(つかさ) • (Osamuru Tsukasa) ^{←をさむるつかさ (wosamuru tukasa)?}

1. (historical, government) the Ministry of Ceremonies

See also

• 八(はっ)省(しょう) (Hasshō)