工 gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
工艺
gōngyì
craft; technique
Characters in this word
艺 yì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 乙 second
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这工艺很美。 Zhè gōngyì hěn měi. This craft is very beautiful.
- 学习工艺。 Xuéxí gōngyì. Study the craft.
- 工艺不简单。 Gōngyì bù jiǎndān. The technique is not simple.