The word 罢工 (bà gōng) is formed through a direct and logical combination of two conceptual components: the character 罢, which carries the meaning "to cease" or "to stop", and the character 工, which means "work" or "labor". When fused, these characters do not merely list ideas but create a new, unified concept through their sequential relationship, the act of ceasing work. This formation visually and semantically depicts the very essence of a strike, where the action of stopping is applied specifically to the domain of work, resulting in the compound's meaning: "to go on strike".