The kanji 作: meaning, readings and stroke order

作

Meaning: make
On reading: サク saku、サ sa
Kun reading: つく（る） tsukuru
Strokes: 7
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: làm ra, chế tạo (tác)
Japanese: つくる。
Korean: 만들다 (작)
Chinese: 做、制作

Readings, words and example sentences

サク saku · on reading

作さく文ぶん
composition, essay
国語の時間に 作さく文ぶんを書きました。
I wrote an essay in Japanese class.

サ sa · on reading

作さ用よう
effect, action
くすりの 作さ用ようをしらべます。
I look up what the medicine does.

つく（る） tsukuru · kun reading

作つくる
to make
母とごはんを 作つくります。
I make a meal with Mom.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.