Jisho

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作

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 化 乞
make, production, prepare, build
Kun:
つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
On:
サク、 サ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
  • 作柄 【サクガラ】 crop conditions, quality (of art)
  • 大作 【タイサク】 large-scale work, voluminous work, monumental work, great work, masterpiece
  • 遺作 【イサク】 posthumous works
  • 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
  • 作業 【サギョウ】 work, operation, task
  • 所作 【ショサ】 conduct, behaviour, movements, gesture, one's carriage, performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting, dance (in kabuki), dance play
  • 安定操作 【アンテイソウサ】 stabilizing (stock) transaction

Kun reading compounds

  • 作る 【つくる】 to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct, to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol), to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train, to till, to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write, to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose, to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found, to have (a child), to make up (one's face, etc.), to fabricate (an excuse, etc.), to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
  • 作り 【つくり】 making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure, appearance (attire, make-up, etc.), build, physique, sashimi, forced (smile, etc.)
  • 作り上げる 【つくりあげる】 to build up, to complete, to construct, to create, to put together, to make up, to fabricate, to invent, to cook up

Readings

Japanese names:
くり、 さか、 さっ、 づくり、 とも、 なお、 はぎ、 まさか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo1, zuo4, zuo2
Korean:
jag, ja, ju

Spanish

  • hacer
  • construir
  • fabricar
  • conducta
  • comportamiento
  • crear

Portuguese

  • fazer
  • produção
  • preparar
  • construção

French

  • fabriquer
  • produire
  • construire
  • préparer
82 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
141 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
127 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
99 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
147 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
116 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
362 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.4 Japanese for Busy People
360 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
75 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
77 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1151 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
518 Morohashi
68 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
167 New Nelson (John Haig)
1142 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1224 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
120 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
144 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2154 2001 Kanji
2a5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2821.1 Four corner code
1-26-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f5c Unicode hex code

絵

12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
二 个 厶 小 幺 糸
Variants:
繪
picture, drawing, painting, sketch
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
895 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絵画 【カイガ】 painting, picture
  • 絵画館 【カイガカン】 art or picture gallery
  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 絵の具 【エノグ】 paint, coloring materials, colors, colours
  • 巴 【トモエ】 tomoe, heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
  • 踏み絵 【フミエ】 fumi-e, fumie, tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample, allegiance test, loyalty test

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

  • cuadro
  • dibujo
  • pintura

Portuguese

  • gravura
  • desenho
  • pintura
  • esboço

French

  • image
  • dessin
  • peinture
  • esquisse
172 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
95 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
89 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
976 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3537 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
380 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
819 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2332 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
345 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
345 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
617 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1530 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1704 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1358 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27464P Morohashi
1346 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4488 New Nelson (John Haig)
1346 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1446 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
214 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2771 2001 Kanji
6a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2893.1 Four corner code
1-19-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d75 Unicode hex code