作用

Character by character

• 作zuò7 strokesHSK 1make; work; compose, write; act, perform
• 用yòng5 strokesHSK 1use, employ, apply, operate; use

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

Words with the same characters

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

• 用yòngHSK 1

  to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore

• 工作gōng zuòHSK 1

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

• 作为zuò wéiHSK 4

  one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be

• 作zuòHSK 6

  to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works

• 使用shǐ yòngHSK 2

  to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of

• 合作hé zuòHSK 3

  to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation

• 利用lì yòngHSK 3

  to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize

• 不用bù yòngHSK 1

  need not

• 作品zuò pǐnHSK 3

  work (of art); opus

• 动作dòng zuòHSK 1

  movement; motion; action; to act; to move

• 制作zhì zuòHSK 3

  to make; to manufacture

• 费用fèi yòngHSK 3

  cost; expenditure; expense

• 作业zuò yèHSK 2

  school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate

• 操作cāo zuòHSK 4

  to work; to operate; to manipulate

• 作者zuò zhěHSK 3

  author; writer

• 作家zuò jiāHSK 2

  author

• 作出zuò chūHSK 4

  to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract

• 用于yòng yúHSK 5

  to use in; to use on; to use for

• 采用cǎi yòngHSK 3

  to adopt; to employ; to use

• 用来yòng láiHSK 5

  to be used for

• 运用yùn yòngHSK 4

  to use; to put to use

• 当作dàng zuòHSK 6

  to treat as; to regard as

• 运作yùn zuòHSK 6

  to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)

• 创作chuàng zuòHSK 3

  to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation