Chinese Character Wiki
工

gōng

work

Depicts a tool with a blade.

Evolution

工 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
工 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
工 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
工 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
工 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

工  

gōng

labor, work; worker, laborer; work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor

Most common words with 工
Freq.
Word
Meaning

工作

to work

工程

engineering

工业

industry

工

work

员工

staff

Component uses

Meaning component in 7 characters (3 verified)

式 左 巧 扛 杠 訌 讧

Sound component in 24 characters (10 verified)

仝 空 功 紅 红 项 項 江 攻 巩 貢 贡 虹 氢 缸 扛 杠 肛 汞 邛 訌 讧 豇 舡

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

塞 㠭 𤔌

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

毁

Unknown component in 4 characters (0 verified)

湼 巯 隉 檃

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤoŋ

kuwng

gōng

officer

*kˤoŋ

kuwng

gōng

work


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 91.1741% of movies

185th most common character in movies

118th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5DE5

Shuowen

“工，巧飾也。象人有規榘也。與巫同意。，古文工从彡。”


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