Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

429 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: create, make, structure, physique

Kunyomi: つく.る つく.り -づく.り

Onyomi: ゾウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

花(ぞうか)   artificial flowers

船(ぞうせん)   shipbuilding

(こうぞう)   structure, construction

(もくぞう)   wooden, made of wood

湖(じんぞうこ)   artificial lake

する(そうぞうする)   create

する(かいぞうする)   remodel

する(せいぞうする)   manufacture, produce

る(つくる)   make, create, manufacture

り(さけづくり)   sake brewing

Onyomi Examples

ゾウゴ coined word, coinage, neologism

ゾウケイ molding, moulding, shaping, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling

ヘンゾウ alteration, defacement, debasement, falsification, forgery

ネツゾウ fabrication, forgery, falsehood, hoax

Kunyomi Examples

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

つかつくり megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl), mound builder