工(gōng)

HSK 13 strokes

work

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Character information

Pinyin
gōng
Meaning
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 工 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱一丄

A spade or other workman's tool

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

一yī丄shàng

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 工 step by step

3 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Words with 工

Common words using 工 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

rén人gōng工
HSK 3

artificial

Open 人工 page →
jiā加gōng工
HSK 3

to process

Open 加工 page →
fēn分gōng工
HSK 6

to divide up the work

Open 分工 page →
rén人gōng工zhì智néng能
HSK 7-9

artificial intelligence (AI)

Open 人工智能 page →
shàng上gōng工

to go to work; to start work

Open 上工 page →
xià下gōng工

to knock off (at the end of a day's work); to finish work

Open 下工 page →
shì事gōng工

(Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature)

Open 事工 page →
xià下gōng工fū夫

to put in time and energy

Open 下工夫 page →

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