军工 (jūn gōng) — military industry; defense industry; military project; worker in the war and munitions industry

Definition

军工 refers to the defense/military-industrial sector — factories, technology, and projects that supply a country's armed forces. The 产 in 军工产业 (defense industry) and 项目 (military project) are the most common collocations.

noun
military industrydefense industrymilitary projectworker in the war and munitions industry
Easily confused

Examples

  • 军工。
    Zhè ge guó jiā dà lì fā zhǎn jūn gōng chǎn yè.
    This country is vigorously developing its military industry.
  • 军工。
    Tā shì yì míng jūn gōng jì shù zhuān jiā.
    He is a military industry technology expert.
  • 军工。
    Zhè ge jūn gōng xiàng mù yǐ jīng wán chéng le.
    This military project has already been completed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

军jūnmilitary
工gōngwork

军 'military' and 工 'work' combine to mean military industry or its workers.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

Open 军 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

Open 工 →

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