起工

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Chinese

to rise; to raise; to get up
work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
trad. (起工)
simp. #(起工)

Pronunciation


Verb

起工

  1. to start working; to start construction

Noun

起工

  1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of 紀綱纪纲 (jìgāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(こう) (kikō

  1. starting construction
    Synonym: 着工 (chakkō)
    Antonyms: 竣成 (shunsei), 竣工 (shunkō), 落成 (rakusei), 完工 (kankō)
    Hypernym: 開始 (kaishi, beginning)

Derived terms

Verb

()(こう)する (kikō surusuru (stem ()(こう) (kikō shi), past ()(こう)した (kikō shita))

  1. to break ground, to start construction

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN