こうぶ

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See also: こうふ and ごうふ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of こうぶ – see the following entries.
工部
(of feudal Japan) Synonym of 宮内省 (Kunaishō, Ministry of the Imperial Household) (designation by the Chinese)
(of pre-modern Japan) Clipping of 工部省 (Kōbushō, Ministry of Public Works).
(history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Works
後部
the rear, the back or posterior part
(This term, こうぶ (kōbu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as こうぶ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こうぶ.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 公武, 荒蕪, 講武, 洪武.)