作 (tsukuru) Kanji Meaning: "Make" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: A person with a box of materials, busy making something.

作 means make

production, prepare, build

A person with a box of materials, busy making something.

On'yomi

  • サクsaku
  • サsa

Kun'yomi

  • つく(る)tsukuru
  • つく(り)tsukuri
  • づく(り)zukuri

How it's built

  • 亻person
  • 乍sudden

Common words

  • 作さくwork (e.g. of art); piece
  • 名作めいさくmasterpiece; masterwork
  • 作動さどうoperation; functioning
  • 作業さぎょうwork; operation

Through history

  1. Oracle bone script form of 作Oracle bone
  2. Bronze script form of 作Bronze
  3. Seal script form of 作Seal
  4. Today

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