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作 = 乍 + 亻

作 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “make”. It is built from 乍 (saw) and 亻 (person). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1224.

Keyword
make
RTK frame
1224
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サク, サ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つく.る, つく.り, -づく.り
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
делать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
作 make

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 乍 saw
  2. 亻 person

How to find 作 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “saw” + “person”. 作 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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