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工業意匠 (kougyouishou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

工こう業ぎょう意い匠しょう

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Meanings

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industrial design

Refers to the professional field of designing products for mass production, covering aesthetics, functionality, and ergonomics.

彼かれは大だい学がくで工こう業ぎょう意い匠しょうを専せん攻こうした。

He majored in industrial design at university.

Kanji

工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
業business, vocation, arts
意idea, mind, heart
匠artisan, workman, carpenter

Related words

インダストリアルデザイン
Katakana loanword for 'industrial design', often used in modern or international contexts, while 工業意匠 is a more formal, kanji-based term.
意い匠しょう
Means 'design' in a broad sense, including artistic or decorative design; 工業意匠 specifically refers to industrial design.

Built from

工こう業ぎょう+意い匠しょう

Etymology

Compound of 工業 (industry) and 意匠 (design). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally used for the field of industrial design.