做 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zuò

work

做 originated as a variant form of 作.

Components

作 Sound Meaning component

zuò, zuō

make

The right half of 作 was corrupted to look like unrelated 古.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 作 than it was in ancient scripts.

攵 Meaning component

pū

tap

夂 is a component form of 攴.

Definitions

做

zuò

work, make; act; to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance

Most common words with 做