| Kanji | 作 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | サク、サ |
| Kunyomi | つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り |
| Nanori | くり, さか, さっ, づくり, とも, なお, はぎ, まさか |
| English | make, production, prepare, build |
| Examples | 作業(さぎょう): work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty 作品(さくひん): work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production 作家(さっか): author; writer; novelist; artist 作戦(さくせん): (1) tactics; strategy (2) military or naval operations 制作(せいさく): (1) work (film, book) (2) production; creation 工作(こうさく): work; construction; handicraft; maneuvering; manoeuvering 作曲(さっきょく): composition; setting (of music) 製作(せいさく): manufacture; production 操作(そうさ): (1) operation; management; processing (2) manipulating to one's benefit (3) to operate (4) to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books) 原作(げんさく): original work 作者(さくしゃ): author; authoress 作(さく): a work; a harvest 創作(そうさく): production; literary creation; work 作文(さくぶん): (1) writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition (2) formal writing with little real meaning 作用(さよう): action; operation; effect; function 発作(ほっさ): fit; spasm; attack; seizure 名作(めいさく): masterpiece 動作(どうさ): action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners 傑作(けっさく): (1) masterpiece; best work (2) amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner 作物(さくもつ): produce (e.g. agricultural); crops 豊作(ほうさく): abundant harvest; bumper crop 作成(さくせい): drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation 作り(つくり): (1) making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure (2) appearance (i.e. attire, make-up) (3) build (i.e. physique) (4) sashimi (5) forced (smile, etc.) 荷作り(にづくり): packing; baling; crating 凶作(きょうさく): bad harvest; poor crop 耕作(こうさく): cultivation; farming 作製(さくせい): manufacture 作法(さほう): manners; etiquette; propriety 作物(さくぶつ): literary work 駄作(ださく): poor work; rubbish |
| JLPT Level | 4 |
| Jouyou Grade | 2 |
| Frequency | 103 |
| Components | 人: person 乍: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all |
| Number of Strokes | 7 |
| Kanji Radical | 人 |
| Radical Number | 9 |
| Radical Strokes | 2 |
| Radical Reading | ひと・にんべん・ひとやね |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | make |
| Koohii Story 1 | Mr T.´s favorite magazine is Make. He loves to make things. But he´s a purist: he only uses saws, no power tools. |
| Koohii Story 2 | When the A-Team crash lands on a deserted island, Mr. T salvages a saw from the wreckage and says, "I don´t know about y´all foos, but I´m gonna make a raft.". |
Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq1-250
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