This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サク、サ、つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
Romaji: saku, sa, tsuku.ru, tsuku.ri, -zuku.ri
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: くり、さか、さっ、づくり、とも、なお、はぎ、まさか
Romaji: kuri, saka, sa, , zukuri, tomo, nao, hagi, masaka
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Romaji

Meanings

make, production, prepare, build

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  103
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-2-5
Korean Reading:  ju
Chinese Reading:  zuo2
Unicode:  4f5c
JIS:  3A6E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 68
Nelson Index: 407
New Nelson Index: 167
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a5.10
Four Corner Index: 2821.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 127
Gakken Index: 99
Japanese Names Index: 362
Daikanwanjiten Index: 518
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0718
Remembering the kanji Index: 1142
Busy People Index: 3.4
Kanji Way Index: 120
Kanji Flashcards Index: 116
Kodansha Compact Index: 75
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 141
Kanji in Context Index: 137
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 49
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 52
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1151
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1224
Essential Kanji Index: 147
Kodansha Kanji Index: 77
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2154
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 82
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 144

Words

(さく)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; farming; crop; yield; technique
作曲 (さっきょく)
composition; setting (of music)
制作 (せいさく)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out; development
原作 (げんさく)
original work
作家 (さっか)
author; writer; novelist; artist
作品 (さくひん)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
作詞 (さくし)
(writing) song lyrics
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 form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
作戦 (さくせん)
tactics; strategy; military or naval operations
作成 (さくせい)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation
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