务

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affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Components 夂力

tasks · Heisig RSH #752

walking legs + 力 power

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
商务中心区	shāng wù zhōng xīn qū	central business district (e.g. CBD of Beijing)
公务人员	gōng wù rén yuán	government functionary
公民义务	gōng mín yì wù	civil obligation; a citizen's duty
义务工作者	yì wù gōng zuò zhě	volunteer; voluntary worker
外交事务	wài jiāo shì wù	foreign affairs
美国国务院	Měi guó Guó wù yuàn	US Department of State
不务正业	bù wù zhèng yè	not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's pr…
电子商务	diàn zǐ shāng wù	e-commerce
国务长官	guó wù zhǎng guān	secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
国务	guó wù	affairs of state
水务	shuǐ wù	water supply
网路特务	wǎng lù tè wu	anonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator
全国人民代表大会常务委员会	Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì Cháng wù Wěi yuán huì	Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
家务	jiā wù	household duties; housework
教务长	jiào wù zhǎng	provost
公务员	gōng wù yuán	civil servant; public servant
公务	gōng wù	official business
法务	fǎ wù	legal affairs; in-house legal counsel
为人民服务	wèi rén mín fú wù	Serve the People!, CCP political slogan
特务	tè wu	special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy

These characters use 务 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
务 sound part	wù	affairs, business; should; must
雾	wù	fog, mist, vapor, fine spray