Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: make, production, prepare, build
Kunyomi: つく.る つく.り -づく.り
Onyomi: サク サ
Composition: 亻 乍
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
作成する（さくせいする） produce
試作する（しさくする） make a prototype
作戦（さくせん） strategy
作曲家（さっきょくか） composer
作曲する（さっきょくする） compose
操作する（そうさする） operate
作業する（さぎょうする） work [v.i.]
動作（どうさ） movements
作る（つくる） make
形作る（かたちづくる） form [v.t.]
作 （サク） work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
作柄 （サクガラ） crop conditions, quality (of art)
大作 （タイサク） large-scale work, voluminous work, monumental work, great work, masterpiece
遺作 （イサク） posthumous works
作 （サク） work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
作業 （サギョウ） work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty
所作 （ショサ） conduct, behaviour, movements, gesture, one's carriage, performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting, dance (in kabuki), dance play
安定操作 （アンテイソウサ） stabilizing (stock) transaction
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 give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
作り （つくり） making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure, appearance (attire, make-up, etc.), build, physique, sashimi, forced (smile, etc.)
作り上げる （つくりあげる） to build up, to complete, to construct, to create, to put together, to make up, to fabricate, to invent, to cook up
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: make, production, prepare, build
Kunyomi: つく.る つく.り -づく.り
Onyomi: サク サ
Composition: 亻 乍
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
作成する（さくせいする） produce
試作する（しさくする） make a prototype
作戦（さくせん） strategy
作曲家（さっきょくか） composer
作曲する（さっきょくする） compose
操作する（そうさする） operate
作業する（さぎょうする） work [v.i.]
動作（どうさ） movements
作る（つくる） make
形作る（かたちづくる） form [v.t.]
作 （サク） work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
作柄 （サクガラ） crop conditions, quality (of art)
大作 （タイサク） large-scale work, voluminous work, monumental work, great work, masterpiece
遺作 （イサク） posthumous works
作 （サク） work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
作業 （サギョウ） work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty
所作 （ショサ） conduct, behaviour, movements, gesture, one's carriage, performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting, dance (in kabuki), dance play
安定操作 （アンテイソウサ） stabilizing (stock) transaction
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 give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
作り （つくり） making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure, appearance (attire, make-up, etc.), build, physique, sashimi, forced (smile, etc.)
作り上げる （つくりあげる） to build up, to complete, to construct, to create, to put together, to make up, to fabricate, to invent, to cook up