工

See also: エ [U+30A8 KATAKANA LETTER E], ㆲ [U+31B2 BOPOMOFO LETTER ONG], and Appendix:Variations of "i"
工 U+5DE5, 工
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE5
← 巤
[U+5DE4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 左 →
[U+5DE6]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

工 (radical 48, 工+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一中一 (MLM), four-corner 10100, composition ⿱一丄 or ⿱丅一)

  1. Kangxi radical #48, ⼯.

Derived characters
  • Index:Chinese radical/工
  • 魟 (𫚉) 𢖷

References
  • KangXi: page 325, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8714
  • Dae Jaweon: page 626, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 410, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5DE5

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 工
variant forms
 
𠜝
㠪
𢀚
𢒅
㣉
𢒄

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 工
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (工) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
缸 *kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢 *kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑 *kluːmʔ
涳 *ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江 *kroːŋ
肛 *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛 *kroːŋ
杠 *kroːŋ
豇 *kroːŋ
茳 *kroːŋ
釭 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼 *kroːŋ
玒 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹 *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔 *kʰroːŋ
崆 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫 *kʰroːŋ
控 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌 *qʰroːŋ
谾 *qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡 *qʰroːŋ
項 *ɡroːŋʔ
屸 *ɡ·roːŋ
功 *koːŋ
工 *koːŋ
疘 *koːŋ
魟 *koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻 *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩 *koːŋ
碽 *koːŋ
貢 *koːŋs
羾 *koːŋs
空 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜 *kʰoːŋ
硿 *kʰoːŋ
埪 *kʰoːŋ
鵼 *kʰoːŋ
倥 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚 *kʰoːŋs
叿 *qʰoːŋ
嗊 *qʰoːŋʔ
訌 *ɡoːŋ
紅 *ɡoːŋ
仜 *ɡoːŋ
葒 *ɡoːŋ
渱 *ɡoːŋ
鴻 *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞 *ɡoːŋʔ
澒 *ɡoːŋʔ
鞏 *koŋʔ
巩 *koŋʔ
銎 *kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐 *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩 *ɡoŋ
筇 *ɡoŋ
桏 *ɡoŋ
邛 *ɡoŋ

Pictogram (象形) – a bladed tool.

Pronunciation
Note:
  • gĕ̤ng - vernacular;
  • gŭng - literary.
Note:
  • kong - literary;
  • kang - vernacular;
  • khang - vernacular (in 工課).
Note: gong1 - one of the symbols in Gongchepu.
Rime
Character 工
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kəwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /kuŋ/
Wang
Li		 /kuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gōng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 工 工
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 gōng gōng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kuwng › ‹ kuwng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kˁoŋ/ /*kˁoŋ/
English officer work

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4022
Phonetic
component		 工
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 公
Old
Chinese		 /*koːŋ/

Definitions

工

  1. labour; work
    工作  ―  gōngzuò  ―  work
  2. (Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
  3. worker; laborer
    工人  ―  gōngrén  ―  worker, laborer
    陶瓷工  ―  táocígōng  ―  potter
  4. industry; profession; trade
  5. one of the symbols in Gongchepu (工尺譜).

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 天 (“day (24 hours)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 日
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 日
Mandarin Beijing 天
Taiwan 天
Cantonese Guangzhou 日
Hong Kong 日
Taishan 日
Gan Nanchang 日
Hakka Meixian 日
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 日
Liudui (S. Sixian) 日
Hsinchu (Hailu) 日
Dongshi (Dabu) 日
Hsinchu (Raoping) 日
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 日
Huizhou Jixi 日
Jin Taiyuan 天
Min Dong Fuzhou 日, 工
Min Nan Xiamen 日
Quanzhou 日
Zhangzhou 日
Taipei 工, 日
Kaohsiung 工, 日
Tainan 工, 日
Taichung 日, 工
Hsinchu 日, 工
Lukang 工, 日
Sanxia 工, 日
Yilan 工, 日
Kinmen 工
Magong 工
Penang 日
Chaozhou 日
Wu Shanghai 日, 天
Wenzhou 日
Xiang Changsha 天

Compounds
Derived terms from 工

Japanese

Kanji
工

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. work, craft, art, skill
  2. workman, artisan

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

工 (eumhun 장인 공 (jang-in gong))

  1. master craftsman, master artisan

Vietnamese

Han character

工 (công, cong, côông, gồng, trong, cung)

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