Zi:作
作 [zuò] do; make; 工作 work; 作业 homework [zuō] 作坊 [zuó] [zǔ]
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From 亻(人 rén) ‘person’ and 乍 zhà phonetic.
There is another character 做 zuò with the same sound and almost the same meaning. Unfortunately you have to know whether to use 作 or 做 in any particular context. Use 作 for ‘making’ abstract things, 做 for ‘making’ concrete objects.
►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
►components: 亻乍
►Cantonese: jok-
<cdl char='作' uni='4F5C'>
<comp char='亻' uni='4EBB' points='0,0 36,128' />
<comp char='乍' uni='4E4D' points='44,0 128,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='亻' uni='4EBB' points='0,0 56,128'>
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<stroke type='s' points='86,46 86,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='乍' uni='4E4D' radical='D1'>
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</cdl>
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Unicode: U+4F5C
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