作用

to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition

Characters and words in 作用

作

zuo̅ = zu + o1

worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)

作

zuò = zu + o4

to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works

作 = 乍 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg and Zapatista Zebra are high-fiveing in the observatory's bathroom because they're growing so awesome Mohawk haircuts.

作

zuò = zu + o4

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

用

yòng = yu + (e)ng4

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?

用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.