工部

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Chinese

work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
ministry; department; section
ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
 
simp. and trad.
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Pronunciation


Proper noun

工部

  1. (historical politics) The imperial Chinese Ministry of Works from the Tang to Qing dynasties.

Hypernyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (工部):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
kan'on goon

Etymology

Middle Chinese 工部

Proper noun

(こう)() (Kōbu

  1. (of feudal Japan) Synonym of 宮内省 (Kunaishō, Ministry of the Imperial Household) (designation by the Chinese)
  2. (of pre-modern Japan) Clipping of 工部省 (Kōbushō, Ministry of Public Works).
  3. (history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Works

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

工部 (Gongbu) (hangeul 공부)

  1. hanja form? of 공부

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

工部

  1. chữ Hán form of Công bộ.