Where does “工部省” come from?

工部省 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 省, from Middle Chinese 省.

工部省 (Japanese): the Ministry of Public Works

Definitions

  1. the Ministry of Public Works

Ancestry of “工部省”, step by step

工部省 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 省

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese省saving, conservation; ministry
2Middle Chinese省—

via Japanese 工部

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese工部the Ministry of Works
2Middle Chinese工部—
Every word from Middle Chinese 省 →Every word from Japanese 省 →