Onyomi: サ, サク · Kunyomi: -づく.り, つく.り, つく.る · Meanings: build, make, prepare, production
Kanji for build, make, prepare, production
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The kanji 作 combines the person radical (亻) with the character for “to make” or “work” (乍), symbolizing a person creating or producing something. In ancient times, it represented craftsmanship, labor, or the act of making. 作 came to mean make, create, or produce, capturing effort, skill, and creativity.
A person crafting something — 作 means to make, create, or produce.
Imagine someone carefully making a tool or artwork — that’s 作, the kanji for creating or producing.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 作 | さく | work (e.g. of art), piece, production | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 作文 | さくぶん | writing (an essay, prose, etc.), composition | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 作家 | さっか | author, writer, novelist, artist | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 作品 | さくひん | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition), piece, production, opus | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 作業 | さぎょう | work, operation, task | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 作曲 | さっきょく | composition (of music), setting, writing music | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 作る | つくる | to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 作戦 | さくせん | tactics, strategy | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 作物 | さくもつ | crop, crops, (agricultural) produce, farm products | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 作法 | さほう | manners, etiquette, propriety | common JLPT-N3 Noun |