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Kanji 作: meaning "make, create", readings, stroke order

The kanji 作 means "make, create". On'yomi: サク、サ; kun'yomi: つくる. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
make, create
On'yomi
サクサ
Kun'yomi
つくる
Strokes
7
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 作

  • 作文 さくぶん — essay; composition
  • 作る つくる — to make, to create
  • 作法 さほう — manners, etiquette, propriety
  • 作業 さぎょう — work, operation, manufacturing
  • 作品 さくひん — work, opus, production
  • 作物 さくもつ — produce (e.g., agricultural), crops
  • 作家 さっか — author, writer, novelist
  • 作曲 さっきょく — composition (of music)
  • 作 さく — a work, a harvest
  • 操作 そうさ — operation, management, processing
  • 副作用 ふくさよう — Side effect
  • 傑作 けっさく — masterpiece, best work

Stroke order · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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