HanziCraft - Information on 工,作,量

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工

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工 is the 118th most frequent character.
工 has 1 dictionary entry.
工 appears as a character in 165 words.
工 appears as a component in 121 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

工 => 一, 丄

Radical :

工 => 工 (work)

Graphical :

工 => 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

gong1 - work/worker/skill/profession/trade/craft/labor

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 工 (gong1): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

员工 (員工)

工资 (工資)

Medium Frequency

工伤 (工傷)

工厂 (工廠)

工时 (工時)

工会 (工會)

工业 (工業)

工程师 (工程師)

工艺 (工藝)

工艺品 (工藝品)

清洁工 (清潔工)

罢工 (罷工)

义工 (義工)

职工 (職工)

临时工 (臨時工)

农民工 (農民工)

开工 (開工)

作

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作 is the 49th most frequent character.
作 has 1 dictionary entry.
作 appears as a character in 158 words.
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:

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.

Example Words:

High Frequency

作业 (作業)

作为 (作為)

Medium Frequency

作战 (作戰)

作风 (作風)

杰作 (傑作)

创作 (創作)

动作 (動作)

动作片 (動作片)

写作 (寫作)

恶作剧 (惡作劇)

当作 (當作)

发作 (發作)

称作 (稱作)

装作 (裝作)

制作 (製作)

运作 (運作)

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作 also appears in:

量

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量 is the 241st most frequent character.
量 has 2 dictionary entries.
量 appears as a character in 119 words.
量 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :

量 => 日, No glyph available

Radical :

量 => 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 里 (village/mile)

Graphical :

量 => 口, 一, 一, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

liang2 - to measure
liang4 - capacity/quantity/amount/to estimate/abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)/measure word

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 量 (liang2): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
Pronunciation clue for 量 (liang4): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尽量 (儘量)

数量 (數量)

质量 (質量)

适量 (適量)

销量 (銷量)

Medium Frequency

测量 (測量)

无量 (無量)

热量 (熱量)

产量 (產量)

总量 (總量)

胆量 (膽量)

计量 (計量)

较量 (較量)

过量 (過量)

电量 (電量)

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量 also appears in:

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.
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