作

do, make

作 is composed of the radical 人 (person) and 乍 (suddenly). 乍 depicts a sharp object splitting wood, a destruction that is not natural but the result of human action to create other objects from the wood. Thus, 作 means to do or to make.

Vocabulary of 作

作者 (author)
作曲 (compose music)
作品 (work of art)

Classification

Related Characters:

fall prostrate 4什assorted 4仁humane 4仇hatred 4介between 4仍still 4从from 4今present 4化change 4仌

deliver 5仙immortal 5以

use 5仕official 5㐱measles 5令

order 5代replace 5他he 6伕labor 6任duty 6伉

resist 6休rest 6伐attack 6伎

skill 6企tiptoe 6众numerous 6仰upward 6仿

copy 6伍associate 7伺

wait 7伴partner 7位

position 7低low 7何why 7作

spread 7佐assist 7余surname 7似

similar 7佑assist 7伸stretch 7但but 7你you 7佛Buddha 7估estimate 7佔

occupy 7体body 7伶actor 7伯

extravagant 8佳

good 8供provide 8佼handsome 8例example 8侖arrange 8來come 8侔equal 8佯pretend 9俑burial figure 9俗

knight-errant 9保

chopping board 9俏charming 9侮insult 9係connect 9便handy 9信trust 9侶companion 10倒invert 10健strong 10使employ 10倡singer 10倣imitate 10倝glowing light of the rising sun 10倉granary 10倭

dwarf 10俱entirely 10倫order 10倦

tired 10個general classifier 10倖lucky 11偉great 11偓constrained 11停

stop 11偶image 11側side 11偵detect 11假

near 12傑outstanding 13傳

pass 13傷wound 13僉all 13僅only 13債debt 14僰ethnic 14像

appearance 14僮servant boy 14僥

broker 15儀ceremony 15億a hundred million 16儘furthest 16儒scholar 17償

repay 17儲store