Kanji

作

Meaning

make production prepare

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • つくる
  • つくり え tsukuri-e
  • み つくり ざめ goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
  • み つくり えながちょうちんあんこう triplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)
  • づくり

On'yomi

  • さく ひん work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition)
  • さく せん tactics
  • こう さく handicraft
  • さ ぎょう work
  • そう さ operation
  • さ よう action

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/7

Related Entries

作 さく
work (e.g. of art), piece, pro...

Component Analysis

作
make, production, prepare...
つく.る, つく.り, サク
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
乍
though, notwithstanding, while...
-なが.ら, たちま.ち, サ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ

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