Memory phrase for the character: 作

作

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Meaning

to make

Pronunciation

SAKU, SA
tsukuru

Explanation

 Left: a person 亻/人, right: while, during 乍 (image of a saw)

Mnemonic
 
The person has a saw to make something.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
乍 sawThe saw has its handle ノ at the upper left.




 Vocabulary

作る つくる  to make, to create, to manufacture, to draw up, to establish
操作 そうさ  operation, management, processing
作家 さっか  author, writer, novelist, artist
耕作 こうさく  cultivation, farming
佳作 かさく  good piece of work, honourable mention (honorable)
作品 さくひん  work, opus, performance, production
作成 さくせい  frame, draw up, make, producing, creating, preparing, writing
作文 さくぶん  composition, writing
作曲 さっきょく  composition, setting (of music)

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