工匠

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	craftsman
simp. and trad. (工匠)		工	匠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ zoeng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kang-chhiūⁿ / kang-chhiōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjiàng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chiang⁴
    • Yale: gūng-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjianq
    • Palladius: гунцзян (gunczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: gūng jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kang-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangchviu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ t͡sʰiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-chhiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kang-tshiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangchvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwng dzjangH

Rime
Character	工	匠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古紅切	疾亮切
Baxter	kuwng	dzjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/	/d͡zɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/	/d͡ziɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/	/d͡ziɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/	/d͡zɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/	/d͡ziaŋH/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/	/d͡zĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/d͡zʱi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	jiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1	zoeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤoŋ  s.baŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːŋ  sbaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	工	匠
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng	jiàng
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwng ›	‹ dzjangH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁoŋ/	/*s.baŋ-s/
English	work	craftsman
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	工	匠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4022	6268
Phonetic component	工	匚
Rime group	東	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	公	匠
Old Chinese	/*koːŋ/	/*sbaŋs/

Noun

工匠

1. artisan; craftsman

   工匠精神  ―  gōngjiàng jīngshén  ―  craftsman's spirit

Synonyms

• 廚工／厨工 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 工匠精神 (gōngjiàng jīngshén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (工匠):

• → Japanese: 工(こう)匠(しょう) (kōshō)
• → Korean: 공장(工匠) (gongjang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
工	匠
こう Grade: 2	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーしょー [kòóshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

工(こう)匠(しょう) • (kōshō) ^{←こうしやう (kousyau)?}

1. craftsman

Korean

Hanja in this term
工	匠

Noun

工匠 • (gongjang) (hangeul 공장)

1. Hanja form^? of 공장 (“craftsman”).