zuò

to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)

Radical: 亻 HSK 1 v ideographic

Components & Etymology

做 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 做

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 做.

做东
zuò dōng
做为
zuò wéi
做主
zuò zhǔ
做事
zuò shì
做亲
zuò qīn
做人
zuò rén
做伴
zuò bàn
做作
zuò zuo
做出
zuò chū
做到
zuò dào
做功
zuò gōng
做声
zuò shēng

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical .

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