# 工具
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gōngjù
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung$^1$ geoi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung$^1$ gui$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-khí
* Eastern Min (BUC): gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kang-kū / kang-kī / kang-khū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gang$^1$ gu$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kon-ciu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjù
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyù
*** Wade–Giles: kung$^1$-chü$^4$
*** Yale: gūng-jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjiuh
*** Palladius: гунцзюй (gunczjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gung$^1$ geoi$^6$
*** Yale: gūng geuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gung$^1$ goey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gung$^1$ gêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: guung$^1$ gui$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵŋ³³ kui³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-khí
*** Hakka Romanization System: gung$^ˊ$ ki$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gung$^1$ ki$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ kʰi³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /køyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$ŋøy²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-kū
*** Tâi-lô: kang-kū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kangku
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ ku⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ku²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-kī
*** Tâi-lô: kang-kī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kangki
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khū
*** Tâi-lô: kang-khū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kangqu
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰu³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gang$^1$ gu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang kŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ³³⁻²³ ku³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kon-ciu
*** MiniDict: kon$^平$ ciu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kon-jy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹/

### Noun

工具
* (literally) tool; instrument; implement (Classifier: 件 m)
    書寫工具／书写工具 ― shūxiě gōngjù ― writing implement
    營銷工具／营销工具 ― yíngxiāo gōngjù ― marketing tool
    金融工具 ― jīnróng gōngjù ― financial instrument
* (figuratively) means; way; tool (Classifier: 個／个 m)
    交流工具 ― jiāoliú gōngjù ― means of communication
       Shū shì chuándì wénmíng de gōngjù. [Pinyin]
       Books are the way in which civilization is transmitted.

#### Synonyms

* (tool):
* 器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 器具 (qìjù)
* 器物 (qìwù)
* 器用 (qìyòng) (literary)
* 器皿 (qìmǐn)
* 用具 (yòngjù)
* 用器 (yòngqì) (literary)
* (means):
* 主意
* 作法 (zuòfǎ)
* 做法 (zuòfǎ)
* 卯竅／卯窍 (mao$^3$ qiao$^4$) (Sichuanese)
* 套套 (tau$^3$ tau$^{3-2}$) (Jin, colloquial)
* 對策／对策 (duìcè)
* 手段 (shǒuduàn)
* 措施 (cuòshī)
* 方式 (fāngshì)
* 方法 (fāngfǎ)
* 法子 (colloquial)
* 法度 (Hokkien)
* 渠道 (qúdào)
* 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
* 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
* 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
* 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
* 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
* 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
* 路子 (lùzi)
* 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
* 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
* 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
* 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
* 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
* 道理 (dàolǐ)
* 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
* 道道 (dau$^3$ dau$^{3-2}$) (Jin)
* 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
* 門路／门路 (ménlù)
* 門道／门道 (méndao)
* 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
* 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

#### Derived terms

* 交通工具 (jiāotōng gōngjù)
* 作案工具 (zuò'àn gōngjù)
* 宣傳工具／宣传工具 (xuānchuán gōngjù)
* 工具人 (gōngjùrén)
* 工具包 (gōngjùbāo)
* 工具書／工具书 (gōngjùshū)
* 工具格 (gōngjùgé)
* 工具欄／工具栏 (gōngjùlán)
* 工具箱 (gōngjùxiāng)
* 工具鋼／工具钢 (gōngjùgāng)
* 工具鏈／工具链 (gōngjùliàn)
* 生產工具／生产工具 (shēngchǎn gōngjù)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 工具(こうぐ) (kōgu)
* → Korean: 공구(工具) (gonggu)
* → Vietnamese: công cụ (工具)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 工 | 具 |
| こう Grade: 2 | ぐ Grade: 3 |
| kan'on | goon |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーぐ [kóꜜògù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞ːɡɯ̟]

### Noun

工(こう)具(ぐ) • (kōgu)
* tools (especially for craftsmanship or carpentry)

#### Hypernyms

* 道(どう)具(ぐ) (dōgu)

#### Hyponyms

* 金(かな)槌(づち) (kanazuchi), 鉋(かんな) (kanna), スパナ (supana), 鏨(たがね) (tagane), 鋸(のこぎり) (nokogiri), 鑿(のみ) (nomi), 半(はん)田(だ)鏝(ごて) (handagote), ペンチ (penchi), やすり (yasuri)

#### Derived terms

* 工(こう)具(ぐ)鋼(こう) (kōgukō)
* 工(こう)具(ぐ)研(けん)削(さく)盤(ばん) (kōgu kensakuban)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 工 | 具 |

### Noun

工具 • (gonggu) (hangeul 공구)
* hanja form of 공구 (“tool”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 工 | 具 |

### Noun

工具
* chữ Hán form of công cụ (“tool; instrument”).