The kanji 造: meaning, readings and stroke order

造

Meaning: make, build
On reading: ゾウ zou
Kun reading: つく（る） tsukuru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: làm ra, xây dựng (tạo)
Japanese: つくる。こしらえる。
Korean: 만들다, 짓다 (조)
Chinese: 制造、建造

Readings, words and example sentences

ゾウ zou · on reading

製せい造ぞう
manufacturing
この工場は紙を 製せい造ぞうしています。
This factory makes paper.

つく（る） tsukuru · kun reading

造つくる
to build
山に新しいトンネルを 造つくります。
They are building a new tunnel through the mountain.

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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.