Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

    彼は粘土で像を形作った。
    He shaped the statue from clay.

Also written 形づくる【かたちづくる】形造る【かたちづくる】容作る【かたちづくる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shape, form, style

Kun
かた-がたかたちなり
On
ケイギョウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
418 of 2500
Radical
bristle
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
3j4.1The Kanji Dictionary
1242.2Four corner code
3260deroo
5f62Unicode hex code
1-23-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1589Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1713New Nelson (John Haig)
846New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1050Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
565Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
749Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1711Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1847Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
414Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
223Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9969Morohashi
104A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
395Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200sakade
518Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
115henshall3
141Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
306crowley
509Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.6busy_people
615Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1727Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xing2Pinyin reading
hyeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
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