礼部尚书

Traditional form:

禮部尚書

Pinyin (reading):

lǐbùshàngshū

Definitions:

• Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)

Characters:

• 礼 - courtesy, manners, social customs
• 部 - department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 书 - book, letter, document; writing

Traditional characters:

• 禮 - courtesy, manners, social customs
• 部 - department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 書 - book, letter, document; writing