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Kanji Grade 2 - 作

Kanji character Grade 2 作. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 作
About
make, production, prepare, build
Kun: つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
On: サク、 サ
7 strokes
Radical: man, human 人 (亻)
Parts: 一 | ノ 化 乞
 
Onyomi
作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
作柄 【サクガラ】 crop conditions, quality (of art)
大作 【タイサク】 large-scale work, voluminous work, monumental work, great work, masterpiece
遺作 【イサク】 posthumous works
作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
作業 【サギョウ】 work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty
所作 【ショサ】 conduct, behaviour, movements, gesture, one's carriage, performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting, dance (in kabuki), dance play
安定操作 【アンテイソウサ】 stabilizing (stock) transaction
 
Kunyomi
作る 【つくる】 to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct, to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol), to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train, to till, to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write, to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose, to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found, to have (a child), to make up (one's face, etc.), to fabricate (an excuse, etc.), to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
作り 【つくり】 making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure, appearance (attire, make-up, etc.), build, physique, sashimi, forced (smile, etc.)
作り上げる 【つくりあげる】 to build up, to complete, to construct, to create, to put together, to make up, to fabricate, to invent, to cook up