工部

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.
(工部)		 工 部

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: 工(こう)部(ぶ) (Kōbu)
  • → Korean: 공부(工部) (Gongbu)
  • → Vietnamese: Công bộ (工部)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
工 部
こう
Grade: 2		 ぶ
Grade: 3
kan’on goon

Etymology

Middle Chinese 工部

Proper noun

工(こう)部(ぶ) • (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
  • 工(こう)部(ぶ)卿(きょう) (Kōbukyō)
  • 工(こう)部(ぶ)局(きょく) (Kōbukyoku)
  • 六(りく)部(ぶ) (Rikubu)

Korean
Hanja in this term
工部

Proper noun

工部 • (Gongbu) (hangeul 공부)

  1. Hanja form? of 공부.

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
工部

Proper noun

工部

  1. chữ Hán form of Công bộ.
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