作
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
作 character breakdown
at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling
Mnemonic symbol: a Mohawk haircut. It fits the hair "to stand on end" and the character itself looks like a head with a Mohawk haircut facing towards the left.
James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
亻
=
丿
+
丨
:
Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
Characters with 作 as component
Words with 作
to show off (loanword, from English "show") / to grandstand / to perform in a stage show
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour