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工 — work; worker; skill

work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor

Pinyin
gōng
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

How to write 工: 3 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

工 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 工 in the HSK syllabus: 35

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 工作gōngzuòto work; to operate; job; work; taskHSK 1
  2. 工作日gōngzuòrìworkday; working day; weekdayHSK 3
  3. 打工dǎgōngto work a temporary or casual jobHSK 4
  4. 工厂gōngchǎngfactoryHSK 4
  5. 工人gōngrénworkerHSK 4
  6. 工资gōngzīwages; payHSK 4
  7. 工程gōngchéngengineering; an engineering project; projectHSK 5
  8. 工程师gōngchéngshīengineerHSK 5
  9. 工具gōngjùtool; instrument; utensil; meansHSK 5
  10. 工业gōngyèindustryHSK 5
  11. 工艺gōngyìarts and crafts; industrial artsHSK 5
  12. 加工jiāgōngto process; processing; workingHSK 5
  13. 人工réngōngartificial; manpower; manual workHSK 5
  14. 手工shǒugōnghandwork; manualHSK 5
  15. 员工yuángōngstaff; personnel; employeeHSK 5
  16. 职工zhígōngemployee; staff member; workerHSK 5
  17. 分工fēngōngto divide up the work; division of laborHSK 6
  18. 工地gōngdìconstruction siteHSK 6
  19. 工夫gōngfuperiod of time; spare time; skill; labor; effortHSK 6
  20. 工序gōngxùworking procedure; processHSK 6
  21. 人工智能réngōng zhìnéngartificial intelligenceHSK 6
  22. 罢工bàgōnga strike; to go on strikeHSK 7–9
  23. 怠工dàigōngto slacken off in one's work; to go slowHSK 7–9
  24. 动工dònggōngto startHSK 7–9
  25. 工会gōnghuìlabor union; trade unionHSK 7–9
  26. 工匠gōngjiàngartisan; smithHSK 7–9
  27. 工科gōngkēengineering as an academic subjectHSK 7–9
  28. 工整gōngzhěngfine work; carefully and neatly doneHSK 7–9
  29. 竣工jùngōngto complete a projectHSK 7–9
  30. 开工kāigōngto begin work; to start a construction jobHSK 7–9
  31. 农民工nóngmíngōngmigrant workerHSK 7–9
  32. 勤工俭学qíngōng-jiǎnxuéto work part-time while studying; work-study programHSK 7–9
  33. 施工shīgōngconstructionHSK 7–9
  34. 务工wùgōngto work as a laborerHSK 7–9
  35. 义工yìgōngvolunteer worker; volunteer workHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.