See also: 内閣 and 内阁

Chinese edit

 
inside; inner; internal
inside; inner; internal; within; interior
council-chamber; shelf
trad. (內閣)
simp. (内阁)

Etymology edit

Originally an alias of 文淵閣, an imperial library of the Ming Dynasty, where the Grand Secretariat was based. The word for "cabinet", as in the modern sense, was first repurposed in 1844 by Samuel Wells Williams' publication of English and Chinese Vocabulary in the Court Dialect.

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

內閣

  1. cabinet (of a government)
  2. (historical) Grand Secretariat (in the Ming and Qing dynasties)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (內閣):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ない
Hyōgaiji
かく
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun edit

(ない)(かく) (naikaku

  1. Kyūjitai form of 内閣 (cabinet)

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

內閣 (naegak) (hangeul 내각)

  1. Hanja form? of 내각 (cabinet (of a government)).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

內閣

  1. chữ Hán form of nội các (cabinet (of a government)).