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Radical 48 工

工 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一中一 (MLM), four-corner 1010₀, composition ⿱一丄 or ⿱丅一)

1. Kangxi radical #48, ⼯.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/工
• 仜, 冮, 叿, 𡉎, 妅, 屸, 𢓁, 𢖷, 扛, 江, 𨸖, 𪰆, 杠, 𬇔, 灴, 玒, 肛, 𬒬, 𥃽, 矼, 𧘍, 䉺, 紅(红), 缸, 羾, 𦔸, 舡, 虹, 𧢸, 訌(讧), 䜫, 豇, 䞑, 𨊧, 釭(𮣲), 𬛀, 䪦, 䫹, 𮨷, 魟(𫚉), 𩾬, 㠮
• 𠃖, 㓛, 㓚, 功, 卭, 㣉, 邛, 攻, 𣢈, 瓨, 𦏼, 𧈬, 𨾊, 項(项), 䲨(𬷾), 𭄟, 𡉐, 𢖶, 汞, 𭴃, 𥁁, 𬎥, 𦏺, 𧈫, 貢(贡), 𫔙, 𣒳, 𭘎, 仝, 㒰, 𡧇, 𡰱, 㞬, 𭠀, 𭥐, 杢, 巠, 𦒳, 𥃿, 𫀧, 空, 笁, 𬛸, 𠱯, 匞, 式, 疘, 𢒄, 𬮚, 𡆬, 噐, 𤔌
• 𠵋, 𡥴, 𦁻, 𠽇, 𡐘, 𢝘, 揑, 湼, 䛼, 毁, 恐, 𦅛, 滘, 壽, 尋, 㝷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 325, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8714
• Dae Jaweon: page 626, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 410, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5DE5

Historical forms of the character 工
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a bladed tool.

An area word; compare Burmese ခိုင်း (hkuing:, “to order or ask someone to do something”), Old Mon kloñ (kloɲ, “to work”), Old Mon klon (klon, “to have charge of cultivation”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Cognate with 功 (OC *koːŋ, “merit; achievement”), 攻 (OC *koːŋ, *kuːŋ, “to attack”). The senses evolved in the following manner: 工 (“work artisan”) > 功 (“merit; achievement”) > 攻 (“to attack”) (ibid.).

工

1. labour; work (Classifier: 份 c)

   工作  ―  gōngzuò  ―  work

   罷工／罢工  ―  bàgōng  ―  to strike

   偷工減料／偷工减料  ―  tōugōngjiǎnliào  ―  to do shoddy work and use inferior materials

2. (regional or dialectal, including Southeast Asia) work; job; profession (Classifier: 份 c)

   你做什麼工？／你做什么工？  ―  Nǐ zuò shénme gōng?  ―  What is your job?

   你失咗業咁耐，仲唔快啲搵返份工！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你失咗业咁耐，仲唔快啲揾返份工！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 開放詞典／开放词典

   nei⁵ sat¹ zo² jip⁶ gam³ noi⁶, zung⁶ m⁴ faai³ di¹ wan² faan¹ fan⁶ gung¹!

   It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon!

3. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Southern Min) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
4. worker; labourer

   女工  ―  nǚgōng  ―  female worker

   礦工／矿工  ―  kuànggōng  ―  miner

   陶瓷工  ―  táocígōng  ―  potter

   工農／工农  ―  gōngnóng  ―  workers and peasants

5. man-day
6. construction

   工地  ―  gōngdì  ―  construction site

   竣工  ―  jùngōng  ―  to finish construction

7. industry

   化工  ―  huàgōng  ―  chemical industry

8. engineer
9. skill; technique
10. to be good at; to be skilled in

    • 昔者舜工於使人，造父工於使馬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      昔者舜工于使人，造父工于使马。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Han shi waizhuan, 1^nd century BCE

      Xīzhě Shùn gōng yú shǐ rén, Zàofù gōng yú shǐ mǎ.

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

11. delicate; exquisite; fine

    工巧  ―  gōngqiǎo  ―  delicate; exquisite

• (time period):

• (work): 活 (huó), 事 (shì), 工作 (gōngzuò)

工

1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).
2. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).

• “工”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. work, craft, art, skill
2. workman, artisan

• Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: たくみ (takumi, 工)、たくむ (takumu, 工む)、つかさ (tsukasa, 工)、わざ (waza, 工)

From Middle Chinese 工 (MC kuwng).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

工

Wikisource

工 (eumhun 장인 공 (jang'in gong))

1. hanja form^? of 공 (“master craftsman; master artisan”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

工: Hán Nôm readings: công, cong, côông, gồng, trong, cung

1. chữ Hán form of công (“work; worker”).