Entry
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    fabrication; lie; fiction

    彼の話は作りごとだったとわかった。
    What he had said proved to be a myth.

Also written 作り言【つくりごと】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

make, production, prepare, build

Kun
つく.るつく.り-づく.り
On
サク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
103 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

くりさかさっづくりともなおはぎまさか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-5SKIP code
2a5.10The Kanji Dictionary
2821.1Four corner code
2154deroo
4f5cUnicode hex code
1-26-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
167New Nelson (John Haig)
68New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
77Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1142Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
99A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
362Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
147Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
518Morohashi
127A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
360Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82sakade
116Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
141henshall3
144Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
120crowley
137Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.4busy_people
75Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1151Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zuo1, zuo4, zuo2Pinyin reading
jag, ja, juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

Kun
ことつか.うつか.える
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
18 of 2500
Radical
hook
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-8-3SKIP code
0a8.15The Kanji Dictionary
5000.7Four corner code
1547deroo
4e8bUnicode hex code
1-27-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
272Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71New Nelson (John Haig)
3567New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4384Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1156Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
73Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
241Morohashi
293A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
80Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230sakade
108Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
309henshall3
300Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
10crowley
237Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
30Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1164Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level