Chinese edit

 
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)
 
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工部

  1. (historical politics) The imperial Chinese Ministry of Works from the Tang to Qing dynasties.

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Sino-Xenic (工部):

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Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
kan’on goon

Etymology edit

Middle Chinese 工部

Proper noun edit

(こう)() (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

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Hanja in this term

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工部 (Gongbu) (hangeul 공부)

  1. Hanja form? of 공부.

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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工部

  1. chữ Hán form of Công bộ.