異曲同工

Reading

Kana: いきょくどうこう

Romaji: ikyokudoukou

Definition

noun

1

different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes

Note: yojijukugo

See also: 同工異曲 (reading どうこういきょく)

Kanji

異

Readings: イ、 こと、 こと.なる、 け

Meanings: uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual

曲

Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま

Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

同

Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ

Meanings: same, agree, equal

工

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ

Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)