作

zuō = zu + o1

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

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

作 character breakdown

作
- 亻
  - 丿
  - 丨
- 乍

Component Translations

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

乍

zhà = zh + a4

at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling

Characters with 作 as component

筰

zuó = zu + o2

cable

Words with 作

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工

gōng

作

zuò

to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]

作

zuò

为

為

wéi

one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be

合

hé

作

zuò

to cooperate / to collaborate / to work together / cooperation / CL:個|个[ge4]