作 — kanji meaning “make”
作
make, production, prepare, build
- Meanings
- make, production, prepare, build
- On'yomi
- サク (saku)、サ (sa)
- Kun'yomi
- つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
- Name readings
- くり、さか、さっ、づくり、とも、なお
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #103 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- zuō, zuò, zuó — Chinese character page
Words with 作
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作る | つくる tsukuru | to make; to produce; to manufacture |
| 作品 | さくひん sakuhin | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production |
| 作業 | さぎょう sagyou | work; operation; task |
| 制作 | せいさく seisaku | work (film, book) |
| 作戦 | さくせん sakusen | tactics; strategy |
| 操作 | そうさ sousa | operation; management; handling |
| 作家 | さっか sakka | author; writer; novelist |
| 原作 | げんさく gensaku | original work |
| 製作 | せいさく seisaku | manufacture; production |
| 工作 | こうさく kousaku | handicraft |
| 作者 | さくしゃ sakusha | creator (of a work); author; writer |
| 創作 | そうさく sousaku | creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.) |
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