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Chinese
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work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
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ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
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simp. and trad. (工部)
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工
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
工部
- (historical politics) The imperial Chinese Ministry of Works from the Tang to Qing dynasties.
Hypernyms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
Middle Chinese 工部
Proper noun
工部 • (Kōbu)
- (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
See also
Korean
Proper noun
工部 • (Gongbu) (hangeul 공부)
- hanja form? of 공부
Vietnamese
Proper noun
工部
- chữ Hán form of Công bộ.