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大工 (だいく, daiku) Japanese meaning: carpenter | Kotomora
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My father is a carpenter and builds houses.
This temple was built by a skilled carpenter.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 大だい 工く になる to become a carpenter
He followed in his father's footsteps and became a carpenter.
大だい 工く に 頼たの む to ask a carpenter (to do work)
I asked a carpenter to repair the house.
大だい 工く を 雇やと う to hire a carpenter
We hired three carpenters to build the new shop.
大だい 工く の 腕うで a carpenter's skill
He is very skilled as a carpenter.
Kanji 工 craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) Related words 職人 is the broad term for any skilled craftsman, while 大工 specifically refers to a carpenter who builds wooden structures.
指物師 is a specialized joiner who crafts fine furniture without nails, whereas 大工 is a general carpenter who builds houses and larger structures.
大工 is the ordinary, everyday word for a carpenter, while 木工 is a more formal or literary term for the craft or its practitioner.
Written forms 大だい 工く Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading だいく is unambiguous.
だいく Usage 1%
Etymology From Middle Chinese 大工 (dɑiH kuwng, 'master craftsman'). The Japanese reading だいく reflects the go-on pronunciation. Originally referred to a master artisan in various fields, but narrowed to mean 'carpenter' in Japanese.
clumsy carpenter; rough carpenter
Show 3 more carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
DIY; weekend carpentry; do-it-yourselfer
lousy carpenter; incompetent carpenter
