工 Radical 48
| 48 | 工 | 3 | 工 | güng | gōng | Kangxi radical 48; work;
worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor. 分工 fün-güng fēngōng to divide up the work; division of labor.¹⁰ 加工 gä-güng jiāgōng to process; processing; working (of machinery).¹⁰ 工程 güng-chẽin gōngchéng engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking.¹⁰ 工程师[工程師] güng-chẽin-xü gōngchéngshī engineer. 工厂[工廠] güng-chōng gōngchǎng factory; mill; plant. 工作 güng-dōk gōngzuò work; job.⁵ 工资[工資] or 工赀[工貲] güng-dü gōngzī wages.¹¹ʼ¹⁴ 工具 güng-guì gōngjù tool; means; instrument; implement.⁵ 工整 güng-jēin gōngzhěng neat; neatly written.⁶ 工致[工緻] güng-jï gōngzhì neat and refined.¹¹ 工艺[工藝] güng-ngài gōngyì technology; craft.⁸ 工业[工業] güng-ngèp gōngyè industry.⁸ 工人 güng-ngĩn gōngrén worker. 工农[工農] güng-nũng gōngnóng <PRC> workers and peasants. 工棚 güng-pãng gōngpéng work shed.⁵ 人工 ngĩn-güng réngōng artificial; manpower; manual work.¹⁰ <台> 工人裤[工人褲] güng-ngĩn-fû overalls. work pants. |
gung2 | 5314 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 4 | 巨 | guì | jù | large; great; enormous;
gigantic; Ju surname. 巨大 guì-ài jùdà huge. 巨变[巨變] guì-bëin jùbiàn tremendous changes. 巨花魔芋 guì-fä-mō-vû jùhuā móyù corpse flower, corpse plant (name comes from its foul odor), titan arum, in Chinese aka 屍花 sï-fä shīhuā, 泰坦魔芋 häi-hān-mō-vû tàitǎn móyù (Amorphophallus titanum).¹⁵ʼ²⁰ 巨头[巨頭] guì-hẽo jùtóu tycoon; magnate; big player (including company, country, school); big shot. 巨浪 guì-lòng jùlàng billow; surge; mountainous wave; very rough sea. 巨擘 guì-mäk jùbò thumb; authority (knowledgeable person).¹⁰ 巨人 guì-ngĩn jùrén giant. 巨猾 guì-vàt jùhuá a very evil person.⁸ 文坛巨擘[文壇巨擘] mũn-hãn-guì-mäk wéntánjùbò a literary mogul; a master in literature.³⁹ |
gui4 | 5162 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 5 | 左 | dū | zuǒ | left; left-leaning; the
left; progressive; queer; unorthodox; heretical; contrary; opposite; Zuo
surname. 左道旁门[左道旁門] dū-ào-põng-mõn zuǒdàopángmén heretical sect; heterodox school. 左边[左邊] dū-bêin zuǒbian left; left side; to the left of.¹⁰ 左辅右弼[左輔右弼] dū-fù-yiù-bìt zuǒfǔyòubì the emperor's top ministers.⁷ 左顾右盼[左顧右盼] dū-gü-yiù-pän zuǒgùyòupàn glance right and left; look around.⁵ 左传[左傳] dū-jòn zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan, 左丘明 Zuo Qiuming's commentary on 春秋, early history c. 400 BCE. 左倾[左傾] dū-kēin zuǒqīng left-leaning; progressive. 左肋 dū-làk zuǒlèi left costa; left side of the chest.⁶ 左衽 dū-ngìm zuǒrèn <wr.> following the barbarian custom of fastening garment on the left side.¹¹ 左手 dū-siū zuǒshǒu left hand; left-hand side. 左史 dū-xū zuǒshǐ <wr.> official historian. 左舷 dū-yẽn zuǒxián port.⁶ 左右 dū-yiù zuǒyòu left and right; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence. <台> 左口鱼[左口魚] dū-hēo-nguî/ olive flounder – Paralichthys olivaceus (left-eyed). |
du1 | 2474 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 5 | 巧 | kâo | qiǎo | <台> 巧 or 该[該] kâo/ this way;
like this. <台> 巧做作 or 该做作[該做作] kâo/-dü-dök do it this way. <又> kāo. (See 巧 kāo.) |
kao5 | 8304 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 5 | 巧 | kāo | qiǎo | skillful, ingenious,
clever; cunning, deceitful, artful; opportunely, coincidentally; as it
happens.⁵ 巧夕 kāo-dèik qiǎoxī (=七夕 tīt-dèik qīxī) 7th evening of the 7th month of the lunar calendar (when the Herd boy (牛郎) and the Weaving girl (织女) are supposed to meet).⁶ 巧妇难为无米之炊[巧婦難為無米之炊] kāo-fû-nãn-vĩ-mũ-māi-jï-chuï qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī the cleverest housewife can't cook a meal without rice – one can't make bricks without straw.⁵ 巧合 kāo-hàp qiǎohé coincidence.⁵ 巧者多劳拙者闲[巧者多勞拙者閑] kāo-jēh-ü-lão-jōt-jēh-hãn qiǎozhěduōláozhuōzhěxián The able always do more work while the clumsy stay idle.⁹ 巧者为拙者之奴[巧者為拙者之奴] kāo-jēh-vĩ-jōt-jēh-jï-nũ qiǎozhěwéizhuōzhězhīnú A clever man is a slave to the bad.¹⁹ 巧妙 kāo-mèl qiǎomiào clever; ingenious; skillful.⁶ 巧遇 kāo-nguì qiǎoyù run into by accident; chance upon.⁶ 巧言耸听[巧言聳聽] kāo-ngũn-xūng-hëng qiǎoyán sǒngtīng clever talk excites one to listen.³⁹ 巧夺天工[巧奪天工] kāo-ùt-hëin-güng qiǎoduótiāngōng superb craftmanship.¹⁰ <又> kâo. (See 巧 kâo.) |
kao1 | 8297 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 7 | 巫 | mũ | wū | shaman, witch, wizard, Wu
surname. 巫蛊[巫蠱] mũ-gū wūgǔ witchcraft.¹⁰ 巫婆 mũ-pũ or mũ-põ wūpó a sorceress. 巫术[巫術] mũ-sùt wūshù witchcraft; sorcery. 巫妪[巫嫗] mũ-yī or mũ-ëo wūyù sorceress.⁵⁴ 男巫 nãm-mũ nánwū wizard; warlock.¹⁰ 女巫 nuī-mũ nǚwū witch; sorceress. 小巫见大巫[小巫見大巫] xēl-mũ-gëin-ài-mũ xiǎowūjiàndàwū to feel dwarfed. |
mu3 | 11052 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 9 | 差 | chä | chà | differ from, fall short of;
wrong; wanting, short of.⁵ (variant: 𢀩❄{⿱𠂹⿸厂工 or ⿱⿻亻𠈌⿸厂工; U+22029} chä). 差得远[差得遠] chä-āk-yōn chàdeyuǎn far inferior.¹¹ 差不点儿[差不點兒] chä-būt-ēm-ngĩ chàbudiǎnr almost; nearly; practically; on the verge of.⁶ 差不离[差不離] chä-būt-lĩ chàbulí just about right, enough, not far off, not bad.⁶ 差不多 chä-būt-ü chàbuduō similar, about the same; a great majority of; just about right, enough, not far off, not bad; almost, nearly, just about.⁶ 差不多的 chä-būt-ü-ēik chàbuduōde average/ordinary person.⁶ 差点儿[差點兒] chä-ēm-ngĩ chàdiǎnr a bit inferior, not good enough; almost, nearly, practically, on the verge of.⁶ 差劲[差勁] chä-gèin chàjìn (of quality, ability) no good, poor, disappointing.⁶ 差生 chä-säng chàshēng slow/poor student.⁶ 差事 chä-xù chàshì <topo.> not up to the standard; poor.⁶ (See 差事 chäi-xù chāishi.) <又> chäi, chï. (See 差 [chä, chā], chäi, chï; 𢀩❄{⿱𠂹⿸厂工 or ⿱⿻亻𠈌⿸厂工; U+22029} chä). |
cha2 | 1209 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 9 | 差 | chä | chā |
difference,
disparity; <math.> difference.⁵ (var: 𢀩❄U+22029 chä). 差别[差別] chä-bèik chābié difference; disparity.⁵ 差池 chä-chĩ chāchí <topo.> error, mistake, miscalculation; accident, mishap.⁶ 差舛 chä-chūn chāchuǎn <wr.> error; mistake.⁶ 差贷[差貸] chä-häi chādài diverge, do not coincide; retreat (e.g., from old samples); deviation, difference.⁵⁴ 差分 chä-fün chāfēn <math.> difference.⁶ 差价[差價] chä-gä chājià price difference; disparity.⁶ 差之毫厘谬以千里[差之毫釐謬以千里] chä-jï-hõ-lĩ mào-yî-tëin-lî chāzhīháolí-miùyǐqiānlǐ an error the breadth of a single hair can lead you a thousand li astray.⁵ 差强人意[差強人意] chä-kẽng-ngĩn-yï chāqiángrényì just passable.⁵ 差距 chä-kuî chājù gap; discrepancy; disparity; difference.⁶ 差额[差額] chä-ngàk chā'é difference; balance; margin.⁶ 差忒 chä-tēik chātè <wr.> to make a mistake.¹¹ 差错[差錯] chä-tö chācuò mistake, error; accident, mishap.⁶ 差度 chä-ù chādù margin.⁶ 差动[差動] chä-ùng chādòng <mach.> <elec.> differential action/motion.⁶ 差异[差異] chä-yì chāyì difference; divergence; discrepancy; diversity.⁵ <又> chäi, chï. (See 差 [chä, chà], chäi, chï; 𢀩❄U+22029 chä). |
cha2 | 1210 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 9 | 差 | chäi | chāi | send on an errand,
dispatch; errand, job.⁵ (variant: 𢀩❄{⿱𠂹⿸厂工 or ⿱⿻亻𠈌⿸厂工; U+22029} chä). 差拨[差撥] chäi-bòt chāibō send, dispatch, assign; yamen runner.⁶ 差遣 chäi-hēin chāiqiǎn to dispatch or send (a person on an errand).⁷ 差缺 chäi-kūt or chäi-hūt chāiquē <trad.> vacant position; vacancy.⁶ 差旅费[差旅費] chäi-luî-fï chāilǚfèi travel allowance or expense.⁶ 差役 chäi-vèik or chäi-yèik chāiyì <trad.> corvée; runner or bailiff in a feudal yamen.⁵ 差委 chäi-vī chāiwěi dispatch; appoint⁶ 差使 chäi-xū chāishǐ send; dispatch; assign.⁶ 差使 chäi-xū chāishi <trad.> official post; commission.⁶ 差事 chäi-xù chāishi errand, job, assignment; official post, commissiion.⁵ 邮差[郵差] yiũ-chäi yóuchāi <trad.> postman.⁵ <又> chä, chï. (See 差 [chä, chā], [chä, chà], chï; 𢀩❄{⿱𠂹⿸厂工 or ⿱⿻亻𠈌⿸厂工; U+22029} chä). |
chai2 | 1253 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 9 | 差 | chï | cī | (variant: 𢀩❄{⿱𠂹⿸厂工 or ⿱⿻亻𠈌⿸厂工; U+22029} chä). 参差[參差] chëim-chï cēncī uneven, not uniform, irregular, jagged; <wr.> about, almost; <wr.> go wrong.⁶ 参差不齐[參差不齊] chëim-chï-būt-tãi cēncībùqí uneven; not uniform.⁵ <又> chä, chäi. (See 差 [chä, chā], [chä, chà], chäi; 𢀩❄{⿱𠂹⿸厂工 or ⿱⿻亻𠈌⿸厂工; U+22029} chä). |
chi2 | 1589 | |||
| 48 | 工 | 14 | 巰 | 巯 | kiũ | qiú | mercapto;
hydrosulfuryl. 巯基[巰基] kiũ-gï qiújī <chem.> mercapto; thiohydroxy radical; hydrosulfuryl-; sulfhydryl-. |
kiu3 | 8680 | ||
| 48 | 工 | 15 | 𢀩 ❄ |
chä | chā |
(<old>=差 chä chā). (composition: ⿱𠂹⿸丆工 or ⿱⿻亻𠈌⿸丆工; U+22029). (For definitions, see 差 [chä, chā]; 差 [chä, chà]; 差 chäi; 差 chï). |
cha2 | 1211 | 
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