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U+4F5C, 作
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F5C

[U+4F5B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F5D]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹尸 (OHS) or 人人尸 (OOS), four-corner 28211, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 518
  • Dae Jaweon: page 210, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 134, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4F5C
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ): semantic (man) + phonetic (OC *zraːɡs).

Etymology

Derivative: (“to do”) (the departing-tone variant).

Pronunciation 1


Note: zuó - variant pronunciation in 作料.
Note: dok1 - used in 做作 (“conduct”).
Note:
  • zo5 - vernacular;
  • zorh6 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to get up (from a place)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to get up (in the morning) and go to work
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to begin to grow; to come into being
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to arise; to come about; to happen; to occur; to break out
  5. to do; to perform; to carry out
    什麼什么   Nǐ zài zuò shénme?   What are you doing?
  6. to work; to exert oneself
  7. to make; to manufacture
  8. to compose; to write
       zuòzhě   author
    乜嘢 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    乜嘢 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 zok3 gan2 mat1 je5 aa3? [Jyutping]
    What are you writing?
  9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to brace oneself; to boost
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to feign; to pretend
  11. to work as; to serve as
  12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to build; to construct
  13. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to play; to perform
  14. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to emit; to give out
  15. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to start; to launch
  16. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be like; similar
  17. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of  / (, to curse; to damn)
  18. work; composition; article
  19. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) affair; matter
  20. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) measure; action
  21. (Hokkien) to farm; to plow; to till
Synonyms
  • (to do):
  • (to farm):

Compounds

Pronunciation 2



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Definitions

  1. workshop; studio; workroom
  2. (neologism, originally dialectal) contrived; artificial; affected; pretentious; dramatic; high-maintenance

Compounds

References

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Japanese

Korean

Kunigami

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Vietnamese

Yaeyama

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