noun
Refers to a skilled manual worker, especially in traditional crafts or construction. Slightly formal or literary compared to everyday terms like 職人.
その工人は美しい木工品を作り出した。
The craftsman produced a beautiful wooden piece.
中世の工人たちは石造りの大聖堂を建てた。
Medieval workmen built the great stone cathedral.
Compound of 工 (work, craft) and 人 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with a skilled manual worker.