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JLPT N4 SL2 7 strokes Frequency: #103

Meanings

Make, Production, Prepare, Build

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻乍

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 亻 making something for the first time 乍; 乍 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 diagonal top-to-bottom

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サク saku

サ sa

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つく tsuku

Words Using This Kanji

812 words total

Other (20 words)

new work

prosperity

work (film, book)

studio

maker

manufacture

makeshift

creator

creative power

rights of authorship

operation

built-in

trouble

no trouble

poor piece of work

ghost-writing

most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.)

大作たいさく

large-scale work

単作たんさく

single crop

寡作かさく

unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)

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