作用

Traditional form:

作用

Pinyin (reading):

zuòyòng

Definitions:

• to act on; to affect
• action; function; activity
• impact; result; effect
• purpose; intent
• (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用 (yìzhìzuòyòng), inhibition

Characters:

• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use

Traditional characters:

• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use