工

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/工

Glyph origin
– a bladed tool.

Etymology 1
An area word; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Cognate with,. The senses evolved in the following manner: >  >  (ibid.).

Definitions

 * 1) labour; work
 * 2)  work; job; profession
 * 3)  working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
 * 4) worker; labourer
 * 5) man-day
 * 6) construction
 * 7) industry
 * 8) engineer
 * 9) skill; technique
 * 10) to be good at; to be skilled in
 * 11) delicate; exquisite; fine
 * 1) man-day
 * 2) construction
 * 3) industry
 * 4) engineer
 * 5) skill; technique
 * 6) to be good at; to be skilled in
 * 7) delicate; exquisite; fine
 * 1) engineer
 * 2) skill; technique
 * 3) to be good at; to be skilled in
 * 4) delicate; exquisite; fine
 * 1) delicate; exquisite; fine
 * 1) delicate; exquisite; fine

Synonyms




Kanji

 * 1) work, craft, art, skill
 * 2) workman, artisan

Etymology
From.