工
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work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #79 U+5DE5
How 工 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A spade or other workman's tool
How to remember it
work · Heisig RSH #76
— as a component also called: I-beam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 工 as their sound component
These characters all use 工 (gōng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound component | gōng | labor, work; laborer, worker |
| 红 | hóng | red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular |
| 空 | kōng | hollow, empty, deserted, bare |
| 江 | jiāng | large river; the Yangtze; surname |
| 经 | jīng | the classics; to experience, to undergo |
| 轻 | qīng | light, gentle; simple, easy |
| 径 | jìng | path, diameter; straight, direct |
| 攻 | gōng | to accuse; to assault; to criticize |
| 项 | xiàng | neck, nape; item; a term in an equation |
| 氢 | qīng | ammonia |
| 贡 | gòng | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts |
| 虹 | hóng | rainbow |
| 缸 | gāng | earthen jug, crock, cistern |
| 肛 | gāng | anus |
| 巩 | gǒng | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong |
| 汞 | gǒng | mercury (element) |
| 邛 | qióng | mound; in distress |
| 豇 | jiāng | kidney bean; black-eyed pea |
| 仝 | tóng | together, same; surname |
Words containing 工
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人体工学 | rén tǐ gōng xué | ergonomics |
| 人工 | rén gōng | artificial; manpower; manual work |
| 工人 | gōng rén | worker; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] |
| 理工大学 | lǐ gōng dà xué | University of Science and Engineering; also sometimes Institute of Technology |
| 水电工 | shuǐ diàn gōng | plumbing and electrical work; tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work |
| 西工区 | Xī gōng Qū | Xigong, a district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 工头 | gōng tóu | foreman |
| 工学 | gōng xué | engineering; industrial science |
| 工地 | gōng dì | construction site |
| 打工人 | dǎ gōng rén | worker |
| 动工 | dòng gōng | to start (a building project) |
| 化工 | huà gōng | chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4 xue2 gong1 ye4]); chemical engineering (abbr. … |
| 金工 | jīn gōng | metalworking |
| 工行 | Gōng háng | ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China); abbr. for 工商銀行|工商银行[Gong1 Shang1 Yin2 hang… |
| 上工 | shàng gōng | to go to work; to start work |
| 工会 | gōng huì | labor union; trade union |
| 手工 | shǒu gōng | handwork; manual |
| 水管工人 | shuǐ guǎn gōng rén | plumber |
| 工体 | Gōng tǐ | abbr. for 北京工人體育場|北京工人体育场[Bei3 jing1 Gong1 ren2 Ti3 yu4 chang3], Workers Stadium |
| 电工 | diàn gōng | electrician; electrical engineering; electrical work (in a house) |