Chinese Character 作 Meanings and components.

Form

作

Meaning

作 meaning[3] in English

Worker.

Workshop.

(Slang) Troublesome.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 作 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and at first (乍)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OOS

How to write 作

To write作zuo4worker you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 乍zha4at first arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 乍 = 作

作 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 作 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 作, looks as follow:

作
Pinyin:zuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Worker . Workshop . (Slang) Troublesome . High-Maintenance (Person)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
乍
Pinyin:zha4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: At First . Suddenly . Abruptly . To Spread . (Of Hair) To Stand On End . Bristling

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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