作 — jak, ju

Parts that make up 作

How 作 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 作 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 乍.

Korean example words with 作

• 작중作中 Korean gloss: 작품 속
• 천작賤作 Korean gloss: 천한 일
• 작잠作蠶 Korean gloss: 양잠을 함
• 작혼作婚 Korean gloss: 혼인을 함
• 건작乾作 Korean gloss: 말려서 만듦
• 괴작怪作 Korean gloss: 괴이한 작품
• 근작近作 Korean gloss: 최근의 작품
• 범작凡作 Korean gloss: 평범한 작품
• 수작秀作 Korean gloss: 우수한 작품
• 작태作態 Korean gloss: 하는 짓거리
• 조작造作 Korean gloss: 지어서 만듦
• 작사作詞 Korean gloss: 노랫말을 지음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 作

• 作業さぎょう work; operation; task
• 作品さくひん work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production
• 作家さっか author; writer; novelist
• 作戦さくせん tactics; strategy; military operation
• 制作せいさく work (film, book); production; creation
• 工作こうさく handicraft; work; construction
• 作曲さっきょく composition (of music); setting; writing music
• 製作せいさく manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
• 操作そうさ operation; management; handling
• 作るつくる to make; to produce; to manufacture
• 作成さくせい making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out
• 新作しんさく new work; new production; new composition

Characters sharing the phonetic 乍

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “작”

Other hanja with radical 人