工 U+5DE5, 工 ← 巤[U+5DE4] CJK Unified Ideographs 左 →[U+5DE6] ⼯ U+2F2F, ⼯ ← ⼮[U+2F2E] Kangxi Radicals ⼰ →[U+2F30] Stroke order
工 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+0, 3 strokes, Cangjie input 一中一 (MLM), four-corner 10100, composition ⿱一丄 or ⿱丅一)
- Kangxi radical #48, ⼯.
- Appendix:Chinese radical/工
- 仜, 冮, 叿, 妅, 屸, 扛, 江, 杠, 灴, 玒, 肛, 矼, 䉺, 紅(红), 缸, 羾, 舡, 虹, 訌(讧), 䜫, 豇, 䞑, 釭(𮣲), 䪦, 䫹, 魟(𫚉), 㠮
- 㓛, 㓚, 功, 卭, 㣉, 邛, 攻, 瓨, 項(项), 䲨(𬷾), 汞, 貢(贡), 仝, 㒰, 㞬, 杢, 巠, 空, 笁, 匞, 式, 疘, 噐, 揑, 湼, 䛼, 毁, 恐, 滘, 壽, 尋, 㝷
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 325, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8714
- Dae Jaweon: page 626, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 410, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5DE5
simp. and trad. 工 alternative forms
Pictogram (象形) – a bladed tool to plow the ground and to mark a border. As an alternative, a carpenter’s square; according to the second interpretation, the character is related to the original meaning of 巨.
Unrelated to 巠 > 𢀖 and 壬.
An area word; compare Burmese ခိုင်း (hkuing:, “to order or ask someone to do something”), Old Mon kloñ (kloɲ, “to work”), Old Mon klon (klon, “to have charge of cultivation”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Etymologically the same word as 功 (OC *koːŋ, “merit; achievement”) and 攻 (OC *koːŋ, *kuːŋ, “to attack”). The senses evolved in the following manner: 工 (“work, artisan”) > 功 (“merit; achievement”); 工 (“to work”) > 攻 (“to attack”) (ibid.).
工
- labour; work (Classifier: 份 c) 工作 ― gōngzuò ― work 罷工／罢工 ― bàgōng ― to strike 偷工減料／偷工减料 ― tōugōngjiǎnliào ― to do shoddy work and use inferior materials
- (regional or dialectal, including Southeast Asia) work; job; profession (Classifier: 份 c) 你做什麼工？／你做什么工？ ― Nǐ zuò shénme gōng? ― What is your job? 你失咗業咁耐，仲唔快啲搵返份工！ [Cantonese, trad.]你失咗业咁耐，仲唔快啲揾返份工！ [Cantonese, simp.]From: 開放詞典 / 开放词典 [Kaifang Cidian]nei5 sat1 zo2 jip6 gam3 noi6, zung6 m4 faai3 di1 wan2 faan1 fan6 gung1! [Jyutping]It’s been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon!
- (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Southern Min) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
- worker; labourer 女工 ― nǚgōng ― female worker 礦工／矿工 ― kuànggōng ― miner 陶瓷工 ― táocígōng ― potter 工農／工农 ― gōngnóng ― workers and peasants
- man-day
- construction 工地 ― gōngdì ― construction site 竣工 ― jùngōng ― to finish construction
- industry 化工 ― huàgōng ― chemical industry
- engineer
- skill; technique
- to be good at; to be skilled in
- 昔者舜工於使人，造父工於使馬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]昔者舜工于使人，造父工于使马。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Han shi waizhuan, 1nd century BCEXīzhě Shùn gōng yú shǐ rén, Zàofù gōng yú shǐ mǎ. [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this usage example)
- delicate; exquisite; fine 工巧 ― gōngqiǎo ― delicate; exquisite
- (time period):
- (work): 活 (huó), 事 (shì), 工作 (gōngzuò)
simp. and trad. 工
工
- (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).
- (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).
- “工”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- work, craft, art, skill
- workman, artisan
- Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
- Kun: たくみ (takumi, 工)、たくむ (takumu, 工む)、つかさ (tsukasa, 工)、わざ (waza, 工)
Kanji in this term 工 たくみGrade: 2 kun’yomi For pronunciation and definitions of 工 – see the following entry. 【たくみ】 [noun] 工, 匠: workman, artisan, mechanic, carpenter [noun] 工, 匠: craft, skill; means, idea [verb] stem or continuative form of たくむ (takumu) [godan] (This term, 工, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
- “△工”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
From Middle Chinese 工 (MC kuwng).
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [공]
工 (eumhun 장인 공 (jang’in gong))
- hanja form? of 공 (“master craftsman; master artisan”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]
工: Hán Việt readings: công[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] 工: Nôm readings: cong[1][2][3][4][5][6][7], gồng[3][4][5][6][7], trong[1][2][3][4], còng[1], cồng[1], công[3], cung[3], cuông[7]
- chữ Hán form of công (“work; worker”)
- chữ Nôm form of cong (“crooked, bent”)
- chữ Nôm form of còng (“hunchbacked”)
- chữ Nôm form of cồng (“gong”)
- chữ Nôm form of trong (“in; inside; within”)
