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Level I of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 35 / 2,608

Make

On’yomi
さく、さ
Kun’yomi
つく
Radical
人 Person (Kangxi 9)
School grade
2
Strokes
7

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

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

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 makeN5
作文 さくぶん composition,writingN5
作 さく a work;a harvestN1

作 is rank 35 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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