Work radical 工 (gōng): 5 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Work radical 工 (gōng): 5 characters工 (gōng) is Kangxi radical no. 48, “work”. In this form it is written with 3 strokes.As a radical, 工 (gōng) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “work” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.The characters range from 3 to 9 strokes. 2 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 2 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 左 (zuǒ) left / left side, 差 (chà) bad / poor / lacking, 工 (gōng) work.Characters with this radical3 strokes

工 (gōng) - work

5 strokes

左 (zuǒ) - left / left side

巧 (qiǎo) - opportunely

6 strokes

巩 (gǒng) - to bind, to guard, to strengthen

9 strokes

差 (chà) - bad / poor / lacking

← 川 (chuān) · All characters · 己 (jǐ) →Data sources

Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License