• 49th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 347 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

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

also appears in:

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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  • 532nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
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3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pài (pai4)clique • school • group • faction • to dispatch • to send • to assign • to appoint • pi (Greek letter Ππ) • the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926 • (loanword) pie

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

派出所 
派对 (派對)

Uncommon

作派 
保守派 
做派 
印象派 
反动派 (反動派)
反对派 (反對派)
反派 
右派 
学派 (學派)
学院派 (學院派)
左派 
帮派 (幫派)
指派 
新派 
乐天派 (樂天派)
正派 
气派 (氣派)
派克 
派出 
派生 
派遣 
派头 (派頭)
流派 
特派 
特派员 (特派員)
现代派 (現代派)
自由派 
苹果派 (蘋果派)
门派 (門派)
党派 (黨派)

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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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