Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 作


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Meaning

to make something, to write or compose, to pretend, to feel

Pronunciation

zuò

Explanation

Left: a person , right: suddenly, unexpectedly (The saw fells [the tree] suddenly.)

Mnemonic

The person has a saw to make something.

Radicals

person(This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several varation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting person.)
suddenly, for the first time(This radical is understood to display a saw.)
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Vocabulary

作为 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
看作 kàn zuò look upon as; regard as
作战 zuò zhàn combat; to fight
制作 zhì zuò to make; to manufacture
合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc
写作 xiě zuò writing; written works
农作物 nóng zuò wù (farm) crops
协作 xié zuò cooperation; coordination
轮作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil)
耕作 gēng zuò farming
作坊 zuō fang workshop (of artisan)

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