作 — make, produce, write
さく
作
make
さく
U+4F5C
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #103
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1142
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- make
- produce
- write
Readings
- On'yomi
- さく saku さ sa
- Kun'yomi
- つく tsuku づく zuku
word
さく saku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
さ sa On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
つく ・づく tsuku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
73 wordsEach dot is a word containing 作: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 33 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 亻 (person) gives the semantic domain. 乍 (sa/saku) provides the sound. To make or create.