军部

軍部

jūnbù

noun #33,751

Meanings

1 army headquarters; corps headquarters
2 the military command (as an institution)

Characters

department; section

Examples

命令直接下达到了军部。

Mìnglìng zhíjiē xiàdá dào le jūnbù.

The order was sent directly down to army headquarters.

战前他在军部担任参谋。

Zhàn qián tā zài jūnbù dānrèn cānmóu.

Before the war he served as a staff officer at army HQ.

Tips

history

In modern Chinese military structure, 军 corresponds roughly to a corps (between division 师 and group army 集团军), so 军部 = corps headquarters. In the context of pre-1945 Imperial Japan, 军部 (Japanese: gunbu) refers to the military establishment / command class that increasingly dominated government — a very common term in WWII history texts.

Stroke Order

军 jūn

部 bù