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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gōngbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gōngbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gongbù
    • Wade–Giles: Kung¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: Gūng-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gongbuh
    • Palladius: Гунбу (Gunbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/

Proper noun

工部

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

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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”)
2. (of pre-modern Japan) Clipping of 工部省 (Kōbushō, “Ministry of Industry”).
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)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
工	部

Proper noun

工部 • (Gongbu) (hangeul 공부)

1. hanja form^? of 공부

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
工	部

Proper noun

工部

1. chữ Hán form of Công bộ.