gōng

work; labor; worker

HSK 1 #118

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 118th character
Radical ⼯ (48.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 26

Definitions

工 gōng
  1. 1. work
  2. 2. labor
  3. 3. worker
  4. 4. skill
  5. 5. craft
  6. 6. profession
  7. 7. trade

Stroke order

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Words containing 工

Word Meaning
weekday; workday; working day
carpenter; woodworker; carpentry
artisan; smith
to stop work; to stop production; to shut down
chemical factory
workbench; work station
chemical industry, abbr. of huà xué gōng yè
to start (a building project)
coolie; hard labor (in penal code)
artificial insemination
processing plant
working class
working group; work team; task force
industrial zone
industry and commerce
child labor
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
to skip work; absence without leave
foreman; workplace overseer
hourly worker; hourly job
worker bee
casual laborer; to help with farm work
migrant worker
odd job; temporary job
military engineer