Mnemonic comic for

Translation

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1: work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.

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工 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
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Characters with 工 as component

surname Wu / also pr. [Wu2]
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witch / wizard / shaman / also pr. [wu2]
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empty / air / sky / in vain
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to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
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to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post
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used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
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difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
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different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
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classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
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Words with 工

artificial / manpower / manual work
to go to work / to start work
to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts
to knock off (at the end of a day's work) / to finish work
China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司
means of transportation / vehicle
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)

Sentences with 工

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