Chinese symbol for “worker”
作
zuō
(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for worker is 作 (zuō), defined as: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “worker”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工人 | gōng rén | worker; 个 (gè),名 (míng) |
| 工作者 | gōng zuò zhě | worker |
| 劳动者 (勞動者) | láo dòng zhě | worker; laborer |
| 职工 (職工) | zhí gōng | employee; staff member; worker |
| 工 | gōng | work; worker |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 作.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 作品 | zuò pǐn | work (of art); opus |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
See also: Japanese symbol for “worker”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.