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做 = 亻 + 故

做 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “make do”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 故 (happenstance). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2260.

Keyword
make do
RTK frame
2260
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サ, サク, ソ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
な.す, つく.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
make, делать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
做 work

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 故 happenstance

How to find 做 without knowing its reading

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

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