| Radical: | 人+ 5 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.370#22 p.419#19 p.506#11 Kangxi: p.99#07 Cihai: p.99r3c01 GSR: 806.l Hanyu: v1,p0134#06 |
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| Composition: | Left: 亻, right: 乍. Component of: 𢌣 𭁀 𨓕 宱 𫯧 𠴚 𢭢 㤰 𭦎 𣨐 𭪌 𤉔 𬆖 𤶙 𮀟 𧚙 筰 莋 𭫇 𨁔 [More] |
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| Mandarin: | zuò zuō zuó ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄨㄛ ㄗㄨㄛˊ |
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| Cantonese: | zok3 |
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| Tang reconstruction: | *tzɑk tzɑk |
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| Shuowen: | 《》作：起也。从人从乍。 |
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| Guangyun: | 《···》作：造也。臧𧙓切，一。
《···》作：造也，本。臧洛切。
《···》作：爲也，起也，行也，役也，始也，生也，又姓汉有涿郡太守作显则落切又则逻臧。路二切，六。 |
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| Kangxi: | 《··》作：〔古文〕胙𢓓《唐韵》则洛切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》卽各切，𠀤臧入声。兴起也。《易·乾卦》圣人作而万物覩。《·》平秩东作。又振也。《·》作新民。又造也。《礼·乐记》作者之谓圣。《·》定之方中，作于楚宫。又爲也。《·》敝予又改作兮。又始也。《·》思马斯作。又坐作。《周礼·夏官》大司马敎坐作进退之节。又将作，秦官名。《前汉·百官表》秩二千石，掌宫室。又作犹斮也。《礼·内则》鱼曰作之。《注》谓削其鳞。又汨作，逸书篇名。又姓。汉涿郡太守作显。又与诅同。怨谤也。《·》侯作侯祝。又《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤子贺切，音佐。《后汉·廉范传》廉叔度，来何暮，不禁火，民夜作，昔无襦，今五袴。《韩愈诗》非阁复非船，可居兼可过。君去问方桥，方桥如此作。今方音作读佐。俗用做。又《韵补》叶总古切，音阻。《韩愈·处州孔子庙𥓓》惟此庙学，邺侯所作。厥初庳下，神不以宇。又叶子悉切，音卽。《击壤歌》日出而作，日入而息。《𨻰琳·客难》太王筑室，百堵俱作。西伯营台，功不浃日。
考证：〔《易·乾卦》圣人作而万物睹。〕谨照原文睹改覩。〔《·》定之方中，作于楚宫。〕谨照原文邶风改墉风。 |
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| Fanqie: | 臧𧙓 (《···》) 则个 (《···》) 路二 (《···》) |
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| Unihan definition: | make; work; compose, write; act, perform |
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zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ (1): 起来，起立。 Arise, stand up.
| 《·》: | 有盛馔，必变色而作。 | | When he was at an entertainment where there was an abundance of provisions set before him, he would change countenance and rise up. |
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zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ (2): 兴起。 Grow, flourish.
| 《·》: | 桀、纣失其道而汤、武作，周失其道而春秋作。 | | 《·》: | 上妄诛则民轻生，民轻生则暴人兴，曹党起而乱贼作矣令已布而赏不从，则是使民不劝勉，不行制，不死节民不劝勉，不行制，不死节，则战不胜而守不固。 |
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zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ (3): 开始。 Begin.
| 《》: | 天下难事，必作于易，天下大事，必作于细。 | | All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small. |
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zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ (4): 创作，制造。 Create, make.
| 《·》: | 公孟子曰：“君子不作，术而已。” | | Gong Mengzi said: "The superior man does not create but transmits." | | 《·》: | 不好犯上，而好作乱者，未之有也。 | | There have been none, who, not liking to offend against their superiors, have been fond of stirring up confusion. | | 《·》: | 仲尼曰：‘始作俑者，其无后乎！’ | | Zhong Ni said, 'Was he not without posterity who first made wooden images to bury with the dead?' | | 《·》: | 帝庸作歌，曰：“勑天之命，惟时惟几。” | | The Di on this made a song, saying, 'We must deal cautiously with the favouring appointment of Heaven, at every moment and in the smallest particular.' | | 《·》: | 作，造，为也 |
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zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ (5): 工作，劳动。 Work, effort.
| 《·》: | 命司徒巡行县鄙，命农勉作，毋休于都。 | | 《·》: | 命农勉作，无伏于都。 |
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zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ (6): 为，充任。 Serve as, work as.
| 《·》: | 子曰：“南人有言曰：‘人而无恒，不可以作巫医。’” | | The Master said, "The people of the south have a saying - 'A man without constancy cannot be either a wizard or a doctor.'" | | 《·》: | 汝作司徒，敬敷五教，在宽。 | | It is yours, as the Minister of Instruction, reverently, to set forth the lessons of duty belonging to those five orders. Do so with gentleness. |
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zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ (7): 及，等到。 When, at such time as.
| 《·》: | 作其即位，乃或亮阴，三年不言。 | | When he came to the throne, and occupied the mourning shed, it may be said that he did not speak for three years. |
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