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Kanji: 作

KANJI
7 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
つく
つく
 ON 音 
サク
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:
人(亻)
Radical name:
ひと(にんべん)
Meaning:
Make, production, prepare, build
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 100 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(さくぶん)
composition, writing
N5
(つく)
to make
N3
(さぎょう)
work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty
N3
(さくひん)
work, opus, performance, production
N3
(さくもつ)
produce (e.g. agricultural), crops
N3
(さっか)
author, writer, novelist, artist
N3
(さっきょく)
composition, setting (of music)
N3
(さほう)
manners, etiquette, propriety
N3
(そうさ)
operation, management, processing
N2
(けっさく)
masterpiece, best work, boner, blunder
N2
(さくしゃ)
author, authoress
N2
(さくせい)
frame, draw up, make, producing
N2
(さくせい)
manufacture
N2
(せいさく)
manufacture, production
N2
(せいさく)
work (film, book)
N2
(そうさく)
production, literary creation, work
N2
(どうさ)
action, movements, motions, bearing, behaviour, manners
N2
(めいさく)
masterpiece
N1
(きょうさく)
bad harvest, poor crop
N1
(げんさく)
original work
N1
(こうさく)
work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering
N1
(こうさく)
cultivation, farming
N1
(さく)
a work, a harvest
N1
(さくせん)
military or naval operations, tactics, strategy
N1
(さくぶつ)
literary work
N1
(さよう)
action, operation, effect, function
N1
(ださく)
poor work, rubbish
N1
(つく)
make-up, sliced raw fish
N1
(ほうさく)
abundant harvest, bumper crop
N1
(ほっさ)
fit, spasm
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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