內閣
Chinese edit
inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior |
council-chamber; shelf | ||
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trad. (內閣) | 內 | 閣 | |
simp. (内阁) | 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
- cabinet (of a government)
- (historical) Grand Secretariat (in the Ming and Qing dynasties)
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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內 | 閣 |
ない Hyōgaiji |
かく Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
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Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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內 | 閣 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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內 | 閣 |
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內閣