工 gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
工整
gōngzhěng
neat; regular
Characters in this word
整 zhěng
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 敕 an imperial order or decree 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她的板书十分工整，即使坐在教室最后一排也看得清楚。 Tā de bǎnshū shífēn gōngzhěng, jíshǐ zuò zài jiàoshì zuìhòu yì pái yě kàn de qīngchu. Her writing on the board is so neat that even students sitting in the last row can read it clearly.
- 他的字写得工整漂亮，老师常常表扬他。 Tā de zì xiě de gōngzhěng piàoliang, lǎoshī chángcháng biǎoyáng tā. His handwriting is neat and beautiful, and the teacher often praises him.
- 请把表格填得工整一点，方便别人阅读。 Qǐng bǎ biǎogé tián de gōngzhěng yìdiǎn, fāngbiàn biérén yuèdú. Please fill in the form a bit more neatly so that others can read it easily.