Mnemonic comic for 工
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
功
卫
丘
五
巫
杠
贡
左
项
空
虹
轻
劲
颈
攻
巧
巩
式
扛
江
差
经
红
垂
垂
缸
毁
巠
紅
項
貢
尋
壽
氢
汞
肛
魟
邛
仝
豇
讧
訌
湼
釭
冮
匞
妅
揑
灴
玒
疘
矼
舡
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
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to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet / surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces
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mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields / surname Qiu
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variant of 丘[qiu1] / hillock
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witch / wizard / shaman / also pr. [wu2]
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surname Wu / also pr. [Wu2]
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flagpole / footbridge
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variant of 槓|杠[gang4]
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coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion
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to offer tribute / tribute / gifts
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surname Zuo
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Words with 工
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec / abbr. to 中石化[Zhong1 shi2 hua4]
China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)
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
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)
Sentences with 工
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