特搜部 (tè sōu bù) — Special Investigation Department (of a prosecutor's office, especially in Japan)

Definition

Refers specifically to Japan's Special Investigation Department inside a prosecutor's office — a unit that handles major, often high-profile criminal cases. The name itself literally means 'special search/investigation department.'

noun
Special Investigation Department (of a prosecutor's office, especially in Japan)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 特搜部。
    Rì běn de tè sōu bù zuì jìn diào chá le yì qǐ dà xíng jīn róng zhà piàn àn.
    Japan's Special Investigation Department recently investigated a major financial fraud case.
  • 特搜部，。
    Zhè wèi jiǎn chá guān céng zài tè sōu bù gōng zuò duō nián, jīng yàn fēng fù.
    This prosecutor worked at the Special Investigation Department for many years and is very experienced.
  • ，特搜部。
    Méi tǐ bào guāng hòu, tè sōu bù lì jí jiè rù diào chá.
    After the media exposed it, the Special Investigation Department immediately stepped in to investigate.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

特搜special investigation
特tèspecial搜sōuinvestigate
偏正Modifier + head
部bùdepartment

特 'special' and 搜 'investigate' name what kind of 部 'department' this is.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
牛牛niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
叟
叟sǒu搜sōu
Same sound today

The left 扌 is a hand. The right 叟 gives the sound and originally pictured a hand holding a torch indoors, related to searching.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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