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工夫

Word definition:

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
HSK 3
(old) laborer

Character decomposition:

CharacterTot Str
Rad / Str
Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *工* | 工* | *工
3画
labor, work; worker, laborer
1010.0
MLM
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *夫* | 夫* | *夫
4画
man, male adult, husband; those
5003.0
QO

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
(old) laborer
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *工* | 工* | *工
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夫* | 夫* | *夫
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夫* | 夫* | *夫
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)


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