作
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to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #119 U+4F5C
How 作 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 亻 making something for the first time 乍; 乍 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
do · Heisig RSH #940
人 person + saw
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 作
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小动作 | xiǎo dòng zuò | bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship |
| 大作 | dà zuò | your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly |
| 作人 | zuò rén | to conduct oneself; same as 做人 |
| 一作 | yī zuò | first author (of an academic paper) (abbr. for 第一作者[di4 yi1 zuo4 zhe3]) |
| 不合作 | bù hé zuò | noncooperation |
| 天公不作美 | tiān gōng bù zuò měi | Heaven is not cooperating (idiom); the weather is not favorable for the planned activity |
| 合作市 | Hé zuò Shì | Hezuo, a county-level city in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4… |
| 作马 | zuò mǎ | sawhorse |
| 天作之合 | tiān zuò zhī hé | a match made in heaven (idiom) |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 性工作 | xìng gōng zuò | employment as sex worker; prostitution |
| 动作 | dòng zuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 化作 | huà zuò | to change into; to turn into; to become |
| 合作化 | hé zuò huà | collectivization (in Marxist theory) |
| 作手 | zuò shǒu | writer; expert |
| 工作面 | gōng zuò miàn | (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3 mei2 gong1 zuo4 mian4]); (machining) workin… |
| 天公作美 | tiān gōng zuò měi | Heaven is cooperating (idiom); the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variat… |
| 发作 | fā zuò | to flare up; to break out |
| 作法 | zuò fǎ | course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi |
| 通力合作 | tōng lì hé zuò | to join forces; to give full cooperation |