工部
Chinese
work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor | 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) | 工 | 部 |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
工部
- (historical politics) The imperial Chinese Ministry of Works from the Tang to Qing dynasties.
Hypernyms
- 六部 (Liùbù), 三省六部 (Sānshěng Liùbù); 尚書省/尚书省
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (工部):
- → Japanese: 工部 (Kōbu)
- → Korean: 공부(工部) (Gongbu)
- → Vietnamese: Công bộ (工部)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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工 | 部 |
こう Grade: 2 | ぶ Grade: 3 |
kan’on | goon |
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”).
- (historical, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Works
See also
- 工部卿 (Kōbukyō)
- 工部局 (Kōbukyoku)
- 六部 (Rikubu)
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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工 | 部 |
Proper noun
工部 • (Gongbu) (hangeul 공부)
- Hanja form? of 공부.
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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工 | 部 |
Proper noun
工部
- chữ Hán form of Công bộ.