Example sentences
tā他gōng工zuò作hěn很máng忙。
He's busy with work.
nǐ你zuò做shén什me么gōng工zuò作？
What do you do?
The story behind the character
工
The earliest 工 is a carpenter's square. The right-angle ruler. It meant "tool," then "the person who works." So 工 started as a ruler.