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作 — stroke order

zuò
ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Meaning
to make
Strokes
7
Radical
亻
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Watch how to write 作 (zuò) stroke by stroke. 作 has 7 strokes and means “to make”. It appears in common words such as 工作 (to work) and 作業 (school assignment). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 作

The most common words that use 作 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

工作gōngzuòto work作業zuòyèschool assignment作為zuòwéione's conduct作品zuòpǐnwork作用zuòyòngto act on動作dòngzuòmovement

How 作 is written

Radical
亻
Components
亻 + 乍
Formation
Ideographic — A person 亻 making something for the first time 乍; 乍 also provides the pronunciation.

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