• 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.

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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  • 1134th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiù (xiu4)handsome • refined • elegant • graceful • performance • ear of grain • show (loanword) • CL:場|场[chang2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

优秀 (優秀)

Uncommon

作秀 
俊秀 
清秀 
眉清目秀 
秀才 
秀气 (秀氣)
秀水 
秀美 
秀发 (秀髮)
秀丽 (秀麗)
脱口秀 (脫口秀)
走秀 
越秀区 (越秀區)
选秀 (選秀)
闺秀 (閨秀)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.