作
build, make, prepare, production
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:7
JLPT:4
Frequency:103
Vocabulary
サ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作業 | サギョウ | work; operation; task |
| 作動 | サドウ | operation; functioning; running |
| 作法 | サホウ | manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making |
| 作用 | サヨウ | action; operation; process; agency; effect; function |
| 操作 | ソウサ | operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing |
サク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遺作 | イサク | posthumous works |
| 佳作 | カサク | fine (piece of) work; excellent work; work that receives an honourable mention |
| 凶作 | キョウサク | bad harvest; poor crop |
| 劇作 | ゲキサク | playwriting |
| 原作 | ゲンサク | original work |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稲作 | いなさく | rice cultivation; rice crop |
| 荷作り | にづくり | packing; baling; crating |
| 傑作 | けっさく | masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; fine piece of work; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous; wild |
| 作 | さく | work (e.g. of art); piece; production; harvest; crop; yield; cultivation; tillage; technique |
| 作り | つくり | making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi; forced (smile, etc.) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
后
after, back, behind, empress, later, queen
Grade 6JLPT 1
伺
ask, implore, inquire, pay respects, question, visit
Grade 8JLPT 2
和
Japan, Japanese style, harmony, peace, soften
Grade 3JLPT 3
倍
double, fold, times, twice
Grade 3JLPT 2
俳
actor, haiku
Grade 6JLPT 1
倹
economy, frugal, thrifty
Grade 8JLPT 1
告
announce, inform, revelation, tell
Grade 5JLPT 3
斥
recede, reject, repel, repulse, retreat, withdraw
Grade 8JLPT 1
同
agree, equal, same
Grade 2JLPT 4
斤
1.32 lb, axe, axe radical (no. 69), catty, counter for loaves of bread
Grade 8JLPT 1