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Japanese symbol for “creating”

Romaji: sakusei
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing

In Japanese, creating is , read (sakusei).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)

Kanji and stroke order

make, production, prepare
on: サク、サ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
7 strokes · JLPT 3
turn into, become, get
on: セイ、ジョウ
kun: な.る、な.す、-な.す
6 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “creating”

WordReadingMeaning
うみ umicreating; bringing into the world
じょうせい jouseiarousing; causing; creating
メイキング meikingumaking; creating
うんじょう unjouarousing; causing; creating

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
つくる tsukuruto make; to produce; to manufacture
さくひん sakuhinwork (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production
さぎょう sagyouwork; operation; task
せいさく seisakuwork (film, book)
さくせん sakusentactics; strategy
そうさ sousaoperation; management; handling
せいこう seikousuccess; achievement
せいちょう seichougrowth; development; growing up

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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