“Create” or “Produce” in Japanese kanji, and the Stroke Order and Meanings of Kanji “作”
Japanese Jouyou-kanji “作” means “Work”, “Harvest” or “Piece of work” etc.
Jouyou Kanji “作”
Jouyou Kanji “作” Stroke Order
| Stroke # | 7 Strokes |
|---|---|
| On-Yomi | さく(saku) |
| さ(sa) | |
| Kun-Yomi | つく(る)(tsuku(ru)) |
| な(す)(na(su)) | |
| Meanings | Make, Create, Produce |
| Write a book, Compose music | |
| Plow, Cultivate | |
| Performance, Act | |
| Achieve, Accomplish | |
| Work, Created object | |
| Harvest, Crop |
Kanji words which contain Kanji “作”, and their meanings
| Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| 作業(さぎょう-sa gyo u) | Work, Operation, Task, Chores |
| 作為(さくい-sa ku i) | Artificiality, Intentionality, Action by one’s will |
| 作意(さくい-sa ku i) | Idea, Design, Motif, Conceptio, Intention, Aim, Purpose |
| 作男(さくおとこ-sa ku o to ko) | Farmhand, Farm worker |
| 作柄(さくがら-sa ku ga ra) | ① Growth status of crops, Crop conditions, ② Quality of artwork |
| 作詞(さくし-sa ku shi) | Writing a lyric, Writing song lyrics |
| 作詩(さくし-sa ku shi) | Versification, Verse making |
| 作事(さくじ-sa ku ji) | Building or repairing houses, Construction work |
| 作者(さくしゃ-sa ku sha) | Author, Creator, Writer |
| 作図(さくず-sa ku zu) | Drawing, Drawing blueprints, shapes of things etc, Drawing a figure, Drawing a diagram |
| 作成(さくせい-sa ku se i) | Creation, Making (mainly for data, idea, document etc) |
| 作製(さくせい-sa ku se i) | Manufacture, Production, Fabrication (for physical products) |
| 作戦(さくせん-sa ku se n) | Strategy, Tactics, Game plan |
| 作付け(さくづけ-sa ku du ke) | Planting, Cropping, Planting crops in the fields |
| 作品(さくひん-sa ku hi n) | Artwork, Creation, Performance, Works |
| 作風(さくふう-sa ku fu u) | Style (of a work, author, artist, etc), Characteristics |
| 作文(さくぶん-sa ku bu n) | Composition, Writing (an essay, prose, etc) |
| 作法(さくほう-sa ku ho u) | Manners, Courtesy, Etiquette, Method of composition |
| 作物(さくもつ-sa ku mo tsu) | Crops, Farm products, Field crops, Crop plant |
| 作略 or 策略(さくりゃく-sa ku rya ku) | Plan, Tactic, Strategy |
| 作例(さくれい-sa ku re i) | Model of writing, Example of writing |
| 作家(さっか-sa kka) | Author, Writer, Novelist |
| 作曲(さっきょく-sa kkyo ku) | Musical composition, Writing music |
| 作興(さっこう-sa kko u) | Promoting, Arousing, Bestir oneself, Get cracking, Get started |
| 作動(さどう-sa do u) | Releasing, Actuation, Operation, Start of a machine working |
| 作用(さよう-sa yo u) | Action and effect, Interaction, Infulencing others |
| 作り声(つくりごえ-tsu ku ri go e) | Disguised voice, Feigned voice |
| 作り事(つくりごと-tsu ku ri go to) | Fabrication, Lie, Fiction, Fable |
| 作り話(つくりばなし-tsu ku ri ba na shi) | Fiction, Made-up story, Fable, Fabrication, Myth |
| 改作(かいさく-ka i sa ku) | Adaptation, Version |
| 佳作(かさく-ka sa ku) | Fine work, Good piece of work |
| 合作(がっさく-ga ssa ku) | Collaboration, Joint work |
| 凶作(きょうさく-kyo u sa ku) | Bad crop, Bad harvest, Famine |
| 共作(きょうさく-kyo u sa ku) | Joint work, Collaboration |
| 傑作(けっさく-ke ssa ku) | Great work of art, Masterpiece, Masterwork |
| 工作(こうさく-ko u sa ku) | ① Handicraft, ② Machining, Workmanship, ③ Maneuvering |
| 耕作(こうさく-ko u sa ku) | Farming, Cultivation |
| 自作(じさく-ji sa ku) | ① Self‐making, One’s own work, Making by oneself, ② Farming on one’s own lan, Independent farmer |
| 処女作(しょじょさく-sho jo sa ku) | Maiden work, Debut work |
| 新作(しんさく-shi n sa ku) | New work, New production, New composition, New creation, New title |
| 製作(せいさく-se i sa ku) | Manufacture, Production, Fabrication |
| 創作(そうさく-so u sa ku) | Original work, Creation |
| 造作(ぞうさ-zo u sa) | Trouble, Difficulty |
| 造作(ぞうさく-zo u sa ku) | ① Building (esp. a house), Finishing carpentry, ② Fixtures (of a house), House fixture, Fitting, ③ Facial features |
| 著作(ちょさく-cho sa ku) | Writing a book, Literary work, Authoring |
| 農作(のうさく-no u sa ku) | Farming |
| 豊作(ほうさく-ho u sa ku) | Good harvest, Abundant harvest, Bumper crop |
| 名作(めいさく-me i sa ku) | Masterwork, Fine piec, Masterpiece |
| 力作(りきさく-ri ki sa ku) | Painstaking piece of work, Great work, Work of great effort, Laborious work |
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