Definitions
(noun,verb)
work; labor
(noun)
skill; craft
(noun)
worker
(noun)
profession; trade
Etymology
Depicts a tool with a blade.
About
The character "工" derives from an early pictograph representing a tool, likely a carpenter's square or a similar implement used for measurement and construction, which informed its fundamental association with manual skill and artifice. Its enduring structural form, consisting of two horizontal strokes connected by a central vertical line, visually echoes this original depiction of a simple tool. Semantically, its scope broadened from concretely indicating tools and the artisans who wielded them to abstractly encompassing the act of work itself, technical proficiency, and later, the organized spheres of industry and engineering. This progression is evident in its classical usage referring to meticulous craftsmanship and its contemporary role as a lexical component in terms denoting labor, workers, and industrial systems, thereby consistently anchoring it to concepts of applied effort and technical execution.
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他在工厂工作。
工人每天都很忙。
工程师设计大楼。
我在工业公司上班。
这个工程需要很多工人。
工人们正在修建一条新的公路。
如果你工作努力，你会得到奖金。
现代工业发展依赖于科技创新。