工 gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
工序
gōngxù
process, procedure
Characters in this word
序 xù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家工厂把每道工序都记录下来，方便追查质量问题。 Zhè jiā gōngchǎng bǎ měi dào gōngxù dōu jìlù xiàlai, fāngbiàn zhuīchá zhìliàng wèntí. This factory records every procedure so that quality problems can be traced more easily.
- 做一件瓷器要经过很多道工序。 Zuò yí jiàn cíqì yào jīngguò hěn duō dào gōngxù. Making a piece of porcelain goes through many steps.
- 师傅把最后一道工序检查得特别仔细。 Shīfu bǎ zuìhòu yí dào gōngxù jiǎnchá de tèbié zǎixì. The master checked the final step with particular care.