做
zuò HSK1

work

做 originated as a variant form of 作.

Components

作
作 SoundMeaning component
zuò make

The right half of 作 was corrupted to look like unrelated 古.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 作 than it was in ancient scripts.
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

夂 is a component form of 攴.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang