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工夫

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See also: 功夫

Chinese

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Pronunciation 1

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work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
husband; man
simp. and trad.
(工夫)
alternative forms 功夫


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (28) (1)
Final () (1) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kuwng pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuŋ/ /pɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuŋ/ /pio/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuŋ/ /pio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəwŋ/ /puə̆/
Li
Rong
/kuŋ/ /pio/
Wang
Li
/kuŋ/ /pĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuŋ/ /pi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gung1 fu1

Noun

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工夫

  1. time and effort taken to perform a task; work
  2. skills attained after taking the time and effort; skilfulness; expertise; workmanship
  3. work; labour; job; task
  4. time (for doing something); free time
  5. (colloquial) time (when something happened); moment; period
  6. Alternative form of 功夫 (gōngfu, martial arts; kung fu)
Synonyms
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  • (time and effort): 功夫 (gōngfu)

Adjective

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工夫

  1. (Southern Min) skilful; delicate; refined
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) thoughtful; thorough
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) too polite; too courteous

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (工夫):
  • Japanese: 工夫(くふう) (kufū, device, scheme); 工夫(こうふ) (kōfu, labourer)
  • Korean: 공부(工夫) (gongbu, study)
  • Jeju: 공븨 (gongbui, study) ; 공비 (gongbi, study); 공부 (gongbu, study)

Pronunciation 2

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work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
husband; man
simp. and trad.
(工夫)


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (28) (1)
Final () (1) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kuwng pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuŋ/ /pɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuŋ/ /pio/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuŋ/ /pio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəwŋ/ /puə̆/
Li
Rong
/kuŋ/ /pio/
Wang
Li
/kuŋ/ /pĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuŋ/ /pi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gung1 fu1

Noun

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工夫

  1. (literary) temporary worker; casual labour

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ふう
Grade: 4
goon kan'yōon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ふう) (kufū

  1. device; scheme; devising; scheming
  2. dedication to spiritual improvement (especially through Zen meditation)

Verb

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()(ふう)する (kufū surusuru (stem ()(ふう) (kufū shi), past ()(ふう)した (kufū shita))

  1. devise, come up with, contrive
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 4
kan'on

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こう)() (kōfu

  1. labourer; blue-collar worker

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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工夫 (gongbu) (hangeul 공부)

  1. hanja form? of 공부 (learning, study)