工

gōng
#118 most
frequent character
work, worker, skill, profession

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

工 shows a construction tool used for drawing circles and squares, so 'tool' was its first meaning. From there came 'skill', 'work', 'worker', and 'industry'.

Drawn as: tool for drawing circles

工 as a component in other characters

meaning3 characters
式功巧
sound18 characters
空功红项江攻贡虹巩缸扛杠肛汞邛豇
picture2 characters
左讧

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