# 作 — Make

Frequency rank 35 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 入 (Enter), less common than 物 (Thing).

- On’yomi: さく、さ
- Kun’yomi: つく
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 7

A locksmith bends over his workbench, filing a blank piece of metal until the teeth of a key appear.

In words:

- 作る つくる — to make
- 作文 さくぶん — composition,writing
- 作 さく — a work;a harvest

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