務

See also: 务

Translingual

Han character

務 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹竹水尸 (NHHES) or 弓竹人大尸 (NHOKS), four-corner 1822₇, composition ⿰矛务)

Derived characters

• 霧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 148, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2394
• Dae Jaweon: page 334, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2765, character 9
• Unihan data for U+52D9

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Chinese

trad.		務
simp.		务

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moɡs) : phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 力 (“strength”).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work; to move”) (STEDT). Cognate with 懋 (OC *mus, “to strive”), Garo mo (“to move”), Jingpho mu ⪤ ə mu (“work; labor”), Burmese မူ (mu, “to pursue some course of action; to act”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 務

1. to be engaged in; to be devoted to

   服務／服务  ―  fúwù  ―  service

2. to seek; to pursue
3. business; affairs
4. must; should; be sure to
5. 26th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "endeavor" (𝌟)
6. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (務):

• → Japanese: 務(む) (mu)
• → Korean: 무(務) (mu)
• → Vietnamese: vụ (務)

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Japanese

Kanji

務

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: む (mu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 務める, Jōyō); つとまる (tsutomaru, 務まる, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 役(えき)務(む) (ekimu)
• 外(がい)務(む)員(いん) (gaimuin)
• 外(がい)務(む)省(しょう) (gaimushō)
• 義務(ぎむ) (gimu)
• 教務(きょうむ) (kyōmu)
• 業務(ぎょうむ) (gyōmu)
• 勤務(きんむ) (kinmu)
• 公務(こうむ) (kōmu)
• 公(こう)務(む)員(いん) (kōmuin)
• 校(こう)務(む)員(いん) (kōmuin)
• 債(さい)務(む) (saimu)

• 財(ざい)務(む) (zaimu)
• 財(ざい)務(む)省(しょう) (zaimushō)
• 雑(ざつ)務(む) (zatsumu)
• 残務(ざんむ) (zanmu)
• 事務(じむ) (jimu)
• 実(じつ)務(む) (jitsumu)
• 職(しょく)務(む) (shokumu)
• 庶務(しょむ) (shomu)
• 政務(せいむ) (seimu)
• 責(せき)務(む) (sekimu)
• 総務(そうむ) (sōmu)

• 総(そう)務(む)省(しょう) (sōmushō)
• 担務(たんむ) (tanmu)
• 内(ない)務(む)省(しょう) (naimushō)
• 任務(にんむ) (ninmu)
• 服(ふく)務(む) (fukumu)
• 法務(ほうむ) (hōmu)
• 用務(ようむ) (yōmu)
• 用(よう)務(む)員(いん) (yōmuin)
• 労務(ろうむ) (rōmu)

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Korean

Hanja

務 (eum 무 (mu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

務: Hán Nôm readings: vụ, kiết

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