工具

Character by character

• 工gōng3 strokesHSK 1labor, work; worker, laborer
• 具jù8 strokesHSK 3tool, implement; draw up, write

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我有一个工具。

  Wǒ yǒu yī gè gōng jù

  I have a tool.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 工具. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 工作gōng zuòHSK 1

  to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task

• 具体jù tǐHSK 3

  concrete; definite; specific

• 具有jù yǒuHSK 3

  to have; to possess

• 员工yuán gōngHSK 3

  staff; personnel; employee

• 工人gōng rénHSK 1

  worker

• 工资gōng zīHSK 3

  wages; pay

• 工程gōng chéngHSK 4

  engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking

• 工厂gōng chǎngHSK 3

  factory

• 玩具wán jùHSK 3

  plaything; toy

• 工业gōng yèHSK 3

  industry

• 家具jiā jùHSK 3

  furniture

• 具备jù bèiHSK 4

  to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)

• 打工dǎ gōngHSK 2

  to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation

• 开工kāi gōngHSK 7

  to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job

• 工程师gōng chéng shīHSK 3

  engineer

• 人工rén gōngHSK 3

  artificial; manpower; manual work

• 工会gōng huìHSK 7

  labor union; trade union

• 加工jiā gōngHSK 3

  to process; processing; working (of machinery)

• 工地gōng dìHSK 7

  construction site

• 手工shǒu gōngHSK 4

  handwork; manual

• 施工shī gōngHSK 7

  construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs

• 道具dào jùHSK 7

  prop (theater); paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact

• 罢工bà gōngHSK 6

  a strike; to go on strike

• 职工zhí gōngHSK 3

  workers; staff