Hanja Analyzer
工

工 — gong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
장인 공
Romanization
gong
English
labor, work; worker, laborer
Mandarin
gōng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
たくみ つかさ わざ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#299 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
工 (48, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+5DE5

Korean example words with 工

  • 공기工期 Korean gloss: 공사하는 기간
  • 공법工法 Korean gloss: 공사하는 방법
  • 시공施工 Korean gloss: 공사를 시행함
  • 완공完工 Korean gloss: 공사를 완성함
  • 착공着工 Korean gloss: 공사를 시작함
  • 지공芝工 Korean gloss: 떼를 입히는 일
  • 객공客工 Korean gloss: 임시로 고용한 직공
  • 공녀工女 Korean gloss: 공장에서 일하는 여자
  • 권공勸工 Korean gloss: 공업(工業)을 권장함
  • 근공勤工 Korean gloss: 부지런히 힘써 공부함
  • 악공樂工 Korean gloss: 음악을 연주하는 사람
  • 여공女工 Korean gloss: 공장에서 일하는 여자

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 工

  • 工場こうじょう factory; plant; mill
  • 工業こうぎょう (manufacturing) industry
  • 工事こうじ construction work
  • 工作こうさく handicraft; work; construction
  • 加工かこう manufacturing; processing; treatment
  • 工夫くふう devising (a way); contriving; inventing
  • 人工じんこう artificial; man-made; human work
  • 工学こうがく engineering
  • 大工だいく carpenter
  • 商工しょうこう commerce and industry
  • 工芸こうげい industrial arts; craft
  • 着工ちゃっこう starting (construction) work

Characters sharing the phonetic 工

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “공”

Other hanja with radical 工

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