工 gōng
noun | radical 48
: work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
Kun Reading
工 | たくみ takumi
noun | Na-adjective
: workman; artisan; mechanic; carpenter
: craft; skill
: means; idea
On Reading
工 | こう kou
noun suffix
: (factory) worker
く ku
Usage:
工業[业] gong1ye4: industry
工廠[厂] gong1chang3: factory
工夫 gong1fu1: free time; casual labor
工人 gong1ren2: worker
人工 ren2gong1: artificial; manpower; manual work
工程 gong1cheng2: engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking
加工 jia1gong1: to process; processing; working (of machinery)
手工 shou3gong1: handwork; manual
工作 gong1zuo4: work; job
工業[业] gong1ye4: industry
[工業 | こうぎょう kougyou: (manufacturing) industry]
工廠[厂] gong1chang3: factory
[こうしょう koushou: ammunition factory]
工夫 gong1fu1: free time; casual labor
[工廠 | くふう kufuu: : scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
: dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)]
工人 gong1ren2: worker
[こうじん koujin: workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan]
人工 ren2gong1: artificial; manpower; manual work
[じんこう jinkou: artificial; man-made; human work; human skill]
工程 gong1cheng2: engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking
[こうてい koutei: manufacturing process; work schedule; amount of work]
木工 mu4gong1: woodwork; carpenter [もっこう moukou]
施工 shi1gong1: construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
加工 jia1gong1: to process; processing; working (of machinery)
[かこう kakou: manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining]
手工 shou3gong1: handwork; manual
[しゅこう shukou: handicrafts]
分工 fen1’gong1: to divide up the work; division of labor
Etymology:
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a carpenter’s square.
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a carpenter’s square.
“Work” Radical 48
Examples:
工作要努力， 要認真。
gong1zuo4 yao1 nu3li4, yao1 ren2zhen1.
When you work, you have to make great effort, and be earnest to do your best.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
