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Kanji 作: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 作: make, production, prepare, build

Key takeaways

Kanji 作: make, production, prepare, build. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

makeproductionpreparebuild

On reading

サク

Kun reading

つく.るつく.り-づく.り

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 作

make, production, prepare, build

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

亻 + 乍

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine a person (亻) creating something in a short moment (乍). It represents the act of a person using their effort to make, build, or produce something.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

サク
  • 凶作きょうさく

    bad harvest / poor crop

  • 原作げんさく

    original work

  • 工作こうさく

    handicraft / manual work / construction

  • 耕作こうさく

    cultivation / farming

  • さく

    work / production / harvest

  • 作戦さくせん

    strategy / tactics / plan

  • 作物さくぶつ

    crop / produce

  • 作用さよう

    effect / action / function

Kun reading

つく.る
  • 作りつくり

    makeup / sliced raw fish

  • 作るつくる

    to make / create / produce

Commonly used words

  • 凶作
    きょうさく

    bad harvest / poor crop

  • 原作
    げんさく

    original work

  • 工作
    こうさく

    handicraft / manual work / construction

  • 耕作
    こうさく

    cultivation / farming

  • さく

    work / production / harvest

  • 作戦
    さくせん

    strategy / tactics / plan

  • 作り
    つくり

    makeup / sliced raw fish

  • 作る
    つくる

    to make / create / produce

Example sentences

Example 1

今年は凶で米が少ない。

Translation

This year there is a bad harvest, so rice is scarce.

Example 2

で野菜の値段が上がった。

Translation

Vegetable prices rose due to the poor crop.

Example 3

この映画は人気の原を元にしている。

Translation

This movie is based on a popular original work.

Example 4

とアニメは少し違います。

Translation

The original work and the anime are a little different.

Kanji 作: make, production, prepare, build | Daily Nihongo