务

wù

affair

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

foot moving (夂) + strength (力) = pressing forward to attend to business

夂 originally depicted a foot moving downward, suggesting motion toward a task. Together with 力 (strength/effort), the character evokes mustering force to get something done.

夂+力→务
力StrengthSemantic
夂A foot descendingSemantic

他每天都要处理很多事务。

tā měi tiān dōu yào chǔ lǐ hěn duō shì wù。

He has to handle a lot of affairs every day.

你务必在明天早上把报告交上来。

nǐ wù bì zài míng tiān zǎo shang bǎ bào gào jiāo shàng lái。

You must by all means hand in the report tomorrow morning.

Words with 务

总务

zǒng wù

general matters

外务省

wài wù shěng

foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)

事务

shì wù

(political, economic etc) affairs

邮务士

yóu wù shì

mailman (Tw)

医务

yī wù

medical affairs

医务人员

yī wù rén yuán

medical personnel

医务室

yī wù shì

infirmary

医务所

yī wù suǒ

clinic

防务

fáng wù

(pertaining to) defense

阻断服务攻击

zǔ duàn fú wù gōng jī

(Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)

除恶务尽

chú è wù jìn

to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness

杂务

zá wù

odd jobs; miscellaneous tasks

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