作 (zuò): meaning and stroke order
作 (zuò) means to do; to engage in, to write; to compose, to pretend; to feign.
作
- Simplified
- 作
- Traditional
- 作 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zuò · zuō
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Stroke order of 作
作
- zuō (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop
- zuò to do; to engage in; to write; to compose
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Meaning of 作
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zuò
- to do; to engage in
- to write; to compose
- to pretend; to feign
- to regard as; to consider to be
- to be; to act the part of
- to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
- writings; works
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zuō
- (bound form) worker
- (bound form) workshop
- (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
Radical and structure
- 作
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 7 strokes · 亻 on the left, 乍 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 作
- 作家 zuò jiā author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 动作 dòng zuò movement; motion; action (CL:個|个[ge4]); to act; to move
- 化作 huà zuò to change into; to turn into
- 合作 hé zuò to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
- 工作 gōng zuò to work; (of a machine) to operate
- 比作 bǐ zuò to liken to; to compare to
- 当作 dàng zuò to treat as; to regard as
- 看作 kàn zuò to look upon as; to regard as
- 著作 zhù zuò to write; literary work
- 工作室 gōng zuò shì studio; workshop
- 作者 zuò zhě author; writer
- 作业 zuò yè school assignment; homework
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).