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Chinese
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inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior
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council-chamber; shelf
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| trad. (內閣)
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內
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閣
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| simp. (内阁)
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内
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阁
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Etymology
Originally an alias of 文淵閣, an imperial library of the Ming Dynasty, where the Grand Secretariat was based. The word for "cabinet", as in the modern sense, was first repurposed in 1844 by Samuel Wells Williams' publication of English and Chinese Vocabulary in the Court Dialect.
Pronunciation
Noun
內閣
- cabinet (of a government)
- (historical) Grand Secretariat (in the Ming and Qing dynasties)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Noun
內閣 • (naikaku)
- Kyūjitai form of 内閣 (“cabinet”)
Korean
Noun
內閣 • (naegak) (hangeul 내각)
- Hanja form? of 내각 (“cabinet (of a government)”).
Vietnamese
Noun
內閣
- chữ Hán form of nội các (“cabinet (of a government)”).