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职工

zhígōng

worker

A factory worker holding a tool
Memory picture

Characters in this word

职 zhí

Strokes
11
Radical
耳 — ear
Made of
耳 ear 只 only, merely, just
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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工 gōng

Strokes
3
Radical
工 — labor, work
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 工

Example phrases

  • 职工很多。 Zhígōng hěn duō. There are many workers.
  • 他是职工。 Tā shì zhígōng. He is a worker.
  • 职工在开会。 Zhígōng zài kāihuì. The workers are having a meeting.

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