Zi:作

作 [zuò] do; ​制作 make; ​工作 work; 作​业 homework; 作​用 action/function/effect; ​发作 break out, erupt, spring up [zuō] 作​坊 workshop; (HDZ:) … [zuó] (作​兴, …) [zǔ] ​詛 [zhà] ​詐

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 作 zuò ‘spring/rise/raise/stir up; cause/create/make/do’ combines ​亻(​人 rén) ‘person’, and ​乍(​𠆦) zhà (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. ​迮, cf. ​乍.
    Note: ​发作 fāzuò, ​大作 dàzuò ‘break out; erupt’, ​狂​风​大作 ‘a fierce gale sprang up’, ​兴​风作​浪 ‘stir up trouble’.
    Old graphs associated with 作 are wr. ​乍 (HDZ).
    Compare: ​做 zuò ‘do/make’; the two characters 作/​做 are interchangeable in some compounds, but sometimes only 作 or ​做 is attested, and the spelling must be learnt; for readings other than zuò only 作 is used (cf. ​做 for usage details).
    HDZ: 作 : zuò : (​甲) ​乍; ​产​生, ​兴​起 (cf. ​迮); ​始; ​起, ​起​立; ​振作; ​发​生; ​劳​动, ​工作 (作​工, 作​田, ​劳作, 作​息); ​建​造, ​制作; ​创作; ​制​定; ​培​育, ​造​就; ​担​任, ​充​当, ​当作; ​役​使; ​事​情, ​事​业; ​措​施, ​办​法; 作​品; ​及; ​则; ​象, ​似; ​度​过; (​副​词) ​次; ​詛 (zǔ): ​诅​咒; ​詐 (zhà): ​欺​骗; ​斮: ​削; (​姓) • zuō : ​工​场, 作​坊; ​从​事​或​进​行​某​种​活​动 (作​揖, 作​孽, 作​弄, 作​死, ​自作​自​受) • zuó : (作​兴, 作​料, 作​践)
►references: Guǎngyùn:370.22,419.19,506.11; Wieger:10f; Henshall:127; Karlgren:AD1151,GSR806l; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.134.6; Mathews:6780; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:99.07; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:052.1.08; EDOC:1
►components: ​亻​乍​
►Cantonese: jok-
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