做zuò
to work, to make; to act. 11 strokes, radical 亻, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 做
Strokes 1–2 write 亻, then strokes 3–11 write 故.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 做 · the stroke-order rules
What 做 is made of
亻 (rén, man) and 故 (gù, reason).
Someone 亻 who causes things to happen 故; 故 also provides the pronuncation.
Words that use 做
| 做 | to make, to do 亲自动手干活或者制作食物 蒸笼里有刚做好的猪肉包子和白菜水饺子，快去吃两个！There are freshly made pork buns and cabbage dumplings in the steamer — go and eat a couple! Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 7, 厨房里的早点 |
| 做到 | to accomplish, achieve 指说过的事情真正实现了 说到就要做到，恪守承诺。Once you say it, you must accomplish it, keeping your word. Lesson 106, 做作业 · 登峰造极与圆满归根 · Peak Attainment & Fruitful Completion |
| 做法 | way of doing, method 指处理某件事情所用的方式和步骤 这种踏实做法赢得了赞赏。This steady approach won everyone's praise. Lesson 106, 做作业 · 登峰造极与圆满归根 · Peak Attainment & Fruitful Completion |
| 做饭 | to cook, prepare a meal 指在厨房里准备家人要吃的饭菜 回家后他主动帮妈妈做饭。After coming home, he offered to help his mom cook. Lesson 106, 做作业 · 登峰造极与圆满归根 · Peak Attainment & Fruitful Completion |
| 做客 | to be a guest 去别人家里探望，接受对方的招待 周末我们相约去老朋友家做客。At the weekend we arranged to visit as a guest at an old friend's house. Lesson 144, 网络文书与邮递 · 交通出行与现代通讯 · Transportation, Urban Transit & Telecommunications |
| 做梦 | to dream, to have a fantasy 睡觉时脑海里出现的景象，也指不切实际的幻想 以前谁也没做梦想过这样的变化。Nobody had ever thought to dream of such a change before. Lesson 383, 经邦抱负与大任行远 · 经纶大业与四海同春 · Statesmanship, Epochal Visions & Triumphant Confidence |
More characters with the radical 亻
All 85 of them, and what the radical means, on the 人 radical page.