1. 劳
  2. 作

劳

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Meta:

  1. 劳 is the 678th most frequent character.
  2. 劳 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 劳 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 劳 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
劳 => 艹, No glyph available
Radical :
劳 => 艹 (grass), 冖 (cover), 力 (power/force)
Graphical :
劳 => 艹, 冖, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao2 - toil
  2. lao4 - to console

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

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

Medium Frequency

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)

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劳 also appears in:
捞唠涝崂痨耢铹

作

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Meta:

  1. 作 is the 49th most frequent character.
  2. 作 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 作 appears as a character in 158 words.
  4. 作 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
作 => 亻, 乍
Radical :
作 => 亻 (human), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 丨 (line), 二 (two)
Graphical :
作 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, 一, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zuo4 - to do/to grow/to write or compose/to pretend/to regard as/to feel/writings or works

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

作 
作品 
作业 (作業)
作为 (作為)
工作 

Medium Frequency

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 
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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作 also appears in:
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.