工 gōng work; skill


Made with 3 strokes.

Represents a workman's square or carpenter's ruler

Ancient small seal form Small seal

Sounds same

宫 gōng (palace) ; 公 gōng (public) ; 功 gōng (accomplishment) ; 弓 gōng (bow) ; 供 gōng (to provide)

Different tone

廾 gǒng (two hands) ; 共 gòng (common)

Radical

Index 48 used in: 功 gōng (accomplishment) ; 红 hóng (red) ; 江 jiāng (river) ; 经 jīng (Classic) ; 空 kòng (to empty) ; 左 zuǒ (left)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 工
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Proverbs

神工鬼斧 shén gōng guǐ fǔ So skilled that workmanship presumed to be the work of a god not a human. Fantastic, superb artistry.
异曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng Different methods giving the same result. Different but equally satisfactory.