Chinese Character 做 Meanings and components.

Form

做

Meaning

做 meaning[3] in English

To Do.

To Make.

To Produce.

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Main Components

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

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 OJRK

How to write 做

To write做zuo4to do you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 故gu4happening arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 故 = 做

做 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

做
Pinyin:zuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Do . To Make . To Produce . To Write . To Compose . To Act As . To Engage In . To Hold (A Party) . To Be . To Become . To Function (In Some Capacity) . To Serve As . To Be Used For . To Form (A Bond Or Relationship) . To Pretend . To Feign . To Act A Part . To Put On Appearance
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]
故
Pinyin:gu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Happening . Instance . Reason . Cause . Intentional . Former . Old . Friend . Therefore . Hence . (Of People) To Die, Dead
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

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

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

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