Kanji 作: "make, production, prepare"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 作

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 作つくるto make; to produce; to manufacture; to build · to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
• 作さ業ぎょうwork; operation; task
• 作さく戦せんtactics; strategy · military operation; naval operation
• 作さく品ひんwork (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
• 操そう作さoperation; management; handling · manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
• 作つくりfabrication, confection, réalisation · construction, structure
• 動どう作さmovement (of the body); action; motion; gesture · bearing; carriage; behaviour; behavior
• 作つくり出だすfabriquer, produire, créer (une récolte) · inventer, imaginer, créer
• 作つくり上あげるto build up; to complete; to construct; to create · to make up; to fabricate; to invent; to cook up
• 作さく成せいmaking (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing
• 作さっ家かauthor; writer; novelist; artist
• 作さくwork (e.g. of art); piece; production · harvest; crop; yield; cultivation

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