刑部

Reading

Kana: けいぶ

Romaji: keibu

Definition

noun

1

Ministry of Justice (Tang-dynasty China)

See also: 六部 (reading りくぶ)

Kanji

刑

Reading: ケイ

Meanings: punish, penalty, sentence, punishment

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine