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
a working group; a task force
type of job; kind of work
science and engineering as academic subjects
hired laborer; servant
to work part time while studying; work-study program
process; working procedure
engineering as an academic subject
plumber; heating engineer
male worker
temporary job; odd job; seasonal worker
stonemason; stonemasonry
social worker; social work
exquisite (craftsmanship); refined; delicate
agricultural worker; peasant and worker (in Marxism)
equal pay for equal work
length of service; seniority
to return to work (after stoppage)
volunteer
to slacken off in one's work
employee; young worker; young male worker
to change workshifts
boatman; boat builder
docker; longshoreman
to finish work; to knock off (at the end of a day's work)
part work, part study; work-study program