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create
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Readings

On readingゾウ
Kun readingつく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
JōyōGrade 5
  1. molding
  2. moulding
  3. shaping
  4. forming
  5. modelling (i.e. plastic arts)

Popular Usage

製造改造構造人造造船偽造

Radicals and components

Radical辵walk
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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revelation · cow (牛) · mouth (口) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 299

Compound words

製造せいぞう
manufacture; production
改造かいぞう
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; conversion; alteration
構造こうぞう
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization
人造じんぞう
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
造船ぞうせん
shipbuilding
偽造ぎぞう
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
建造けんぞう
building; construction
酒造しゅぞう
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
醸造じょうぞう
brewing
創造そうぞう
creation; Creation (by God)
造形ぞうけい
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts)
造語ぞうご
coinage; invention of a new word; coined word
鋳造ちゅうぞう
casting; founding; minting
変造へんぞう
alteration; defacement; debasement; falsification; forgery
模造もぞう
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
木造もくぞう
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
捏造ねつぞう
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
造成ぞうせい
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
造反ぞうはん
rebellion
荷造りにづくり
packing; baling; crating
建造物けんぞうぶつ
structure; building
創造的そうぞうてき
creative
創造力そうぞうりょく
creative power; creativity
無造作むぞうさ
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand

On Reading Examples

どちらかといえば木造住宅に住みたい。もくぞう
I'd rather live in a wooden house.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

鳥は小鳥を育てるために、春に巣造りをする。つくり
Birds make a nest in the springtime to raise their babies in.tatoeba
あの家はレンガ造りだ。つくり
That house is built of bricks.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は創造的精神が欠けている。
He is barren of creative spirit.tatoeba
彼は何の造作もなくその問題を解くことができた。
He found no difficulty in solving the problem.tatoeba
彼はその模造品を本物と比較した。
He compared the imitation with the original.tatoeba
彼は、神が私達を創造したのだという信念を述べた。
He stated his belief that God created us.tatoeba
日立造船東舞鶴事業所
Higashi-Maizuru Office, Hitachi Zosen Corporationwiki
1914年川崎造船所製。
Manufactured in 1914 by Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd.wiki

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