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作
zuō
HSK 3.0 · 6
zuō
- (bound form) worker
- (bound form) workshop
- (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
zuò · zok3 (Jyutping)
- 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
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Character breakdown
作
- Meaning
- make; work; compose, write; act, perform
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰亻乍
- Cangjie
- OHS
- Four-corner
- 2821.1
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