工
부수: 工
획수: 3획
工 has the meanings skill, work, worker and industry.
工 = 工
X = semantic
• 工 depicts a tool used in construction. This has been suggested to be an adze (axe-like carving tool) or a set square. From this comes the meanings ‘skill’, ‘work’ and ‘industry’.
Evolution:
工 = a tool ➔ skill ➔ work ➔ worker
工 = a tool ➔ skill ➔ work ➔ industry
Mnemonic
工 looks exactly like an I-beam, a steel column used in construction.
Vocabulary
| 竹細工 | 죽세공 | bamboo craft |
| 手細工 | 수세공 | handicraftship |
| 工作 | 공작 | crafts; maneuver (via metaphor) |
| 工夫 | 공부 | study |
| 工程 | 공정 | process (manufacturing) |
| 人工 | 인공 | artificial; man-made |
| 着工 | 착공 | construction commencement |
| 工具 | 공구 | a tool |
| ㅁ工 | ㅁ공 | suffix: worker |
| 名工 | 명공 | a craftsman |
| 石工 | 석공 | a stonemason |
| 假髮工 | 가발공 | a wigmaker |
| 타일工 | 타일공 | a tiler |
| 工業 | 공업 | industry |
| 重工業 | 중공업 | heavy industry |
| 工事 | 공사 | construction |
| 工場 | 공장 | a factory |
| 工學 | 공학 | engineering |
| 工團 | 공단 | an industrial complex |
| 工産品 | 공산품 | industrial products |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 工].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 40]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 工].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 125]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.