1. 劳
  2. 作

劳

Previous (居)Next (财)
  • 678th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 125 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
劳→
艹No glyph available
2Radical
劳→
艹grass冖cover力power/force
3Graphical
劳→
艹冖㇆丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. láo (lao2)toil
2. lào (lao4)to console

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 劳 láo (lao2)The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 劳 láo (lao2)The component 力 is pronounced as 'lì' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 劳 lào (lao4)The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for 劳 lào (lao4)The component 力 is pronounced as 'lì' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

劳 also appears in:
捞唠涝崂痨耢铹

Example Words

Common

功劳 (功勞)
劳动 (勞動)
劳资 (勞資)
勤劳 (勤勞)
疲劳 (疲勞)
麦当劳 (麥當勞)

Uncommon

不劳而获 (不勞而獲)
任劳任怨 (任勞任怨)
劳作 (勞作)
劳伦斯 (勞倫斯)
劳力 (勞力)
劳力士 (勞力士)
劳动力 (勞動力)
劳动节 (勞動節)
劳动者 (勞動者)
劳工 (勞工)
劳心 (勞心)
劳斯莱斯 (勞斯萊斯)
劳模 (勞模)
劳碌 (勞碌)
劳累 (勞累)
劳苦 (勞苦)
劳逸 (勞逸)
劳顿 (勞頓)
徒劳 (徒勞)
徒劳无功 (徒勞無功)
慰劳 (慰勞)
操劳 (操勞)
效劳 (效勞)
犒劳 (犒勞)
耐劳 (耐勞)
举手之劳 (舉手之勞)
辛劳 (辛勞)
过劳 (過勞)
酬劳 (酬勞)

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作

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Previous (后)Next (里)
  • 49th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 347 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
作→
亻乍
2Radical
作→
亻human丿bend一one丨line二two
3Graphical
作→
㇒丨丿一丨二

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuò (zuo4)to do • to grow • to write or compose • to pretend • to regard as • to feel • writings or works

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

作 also appears in:
筰

Example Words

Common

作品 
作业 (作業)
作为 (作為)
工作 

Uncommon

作出 
作孽 
作家 
作弊 
作怪 
作息 
作战 (作戰)
作文 
作案 
作用 
作痛 
作祟 
作者 
作风 (作風)
做作 
杰作 (傑作)
副作用 
创作 (創作)
力作 
动作 (動作)
动作片 (動作片)
化作 
合作 
大作 
写作 (寫作)
工作室 
工作日 
工作者 
工作量 
恶作剧 (惡作劇)
振作 
操作 
故作 
炒作 
留作 
当作 (當作)
发作 (發作)
看作 
称作 (稱作)
自作 
装作 (裝作)
制作 (製作)
运作 (運作)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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