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): ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gōngbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ
  - 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

(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)

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)

(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”)
(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)

Korean

Hanja in this term
工	部

Proper noun

工部 • (Gongbu) (hangeul 공부)

hanja form^? of 공부

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
工	部

Proper noun

工部

chữ Hán form of Công bộ