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Kanji Detail for 造 - "to create, to construct"

造

  • Meaning

    造 means "to create, to construct." Also associated with to reach.

    1. Create - To make; to build.

    2. Construct - To build; to erect.

    3. Reach - To arrive at; to attain.

    4. Beginning - The start; the origin.

  • Words using 造

    • 構造 こうぞう Listen structure; construction; makeup
    • 製造 せいぞう Listen manufacture; production
    • 改造 かいぞう Listen remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction
    • 偽造 ぎぞう Listen forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication
    • 木造 もくぞう Listen wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
    • 創造 そうぞう Listen creation; Creation (by God)
    • 造船 ぞうせん Listen shipbuilding
    • 造反 ぞうはん Listen rebellion

  • Four-character idioms with 造

    • 天地創造 てんちそうぞう Listen creation (of the universe); the Creation
    • 粗製濫造 そせいらんぞう Listen mass production of inferior goods
    • 造反有理 ぞうはんゆうり Listen there are no rebels without reasons
    • 造次顛沛 ぞうじてんぱい Listen (a) moment
    • 造言飛語 ぞうげんひご Listen wild rumor; wild rumour

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    • Verified meaning: to create, to construct
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いたる, ぞうぞう, つくり, つくる)
    • Also carries these associations: to reach

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 造

    Given names 造(いたる)Listen 造(はじむ)Listen 造(らいぞう)Listen

    Surnames 造(ぞうぞう)Listen 造(つくり)Listen 造(つくる)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    create; make; structure; physique

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    construct, build, make, begin; prepare

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To create. Such as saying 造福一方 (bring blessings to an area), 造福無窮 (bring endless blessings). | To build. Such as 營造 (construct), 修造 (repair). All initiating matters is called 造. Such as Meng Tian invented the brush, Cai Lun invented paper. Also to fabricate. Such as saying 造謠生事 (spread rumors and cause trouble). | To visit. Such as saying 登門造室 (call at someone's door). Academic achievement is also called 造. Such as 深造 (pursue advanced studies), 造詣 (attainment). | Both parties to a case are called 兩造 (the two parties). Such as the plaintiff and defendant in a trial. Fortune tellers call male and female horoscopes 乾造 (male chart), 坤造 (female chart). | An era. 末造 means the end. From "Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial." | Suddenly. 造次 means hastily. Appears in "Analects."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    zoh(ゾウ) ゾウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    duku.ri(でゅく-り) でゅく-り

    tsuku.ru(つく-る) つく-る

    tsukuri(つくり) つくり

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    to create to construct to reach accomplish achieve become develop begin initiate beginning hurried hasty make build assemble compose design engineer erect establish fabricate fashion generate launch manufacture originate produce shape

Sentences including 造

  • There are many famous old buildings in kyoto.

  • My house is built of wood.

  • The new bridge is under construction.

  • It will not be long before the bridge is built.

  • The bridge is made of stone.

  • Their house is being remodeled.

  • I don't like artificial flowers.

  • I have already packed my things.

  • They constructed a bridge.

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