Kanji N2

造: create, make, structure

造 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning create, make, structure, written with 10 strokes. It is read ゾウ (on) and つくる, つくり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 構造 (こうぞう, structure) and 改造 (かいぞう, remodeling).

造

Meanings

  • create
  • make
  • structure
  • physique
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#429 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゾウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つくる
  • つくり
  • -づくり

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 造

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 構造こうぞう

    structure; construction; makeup; framework

    JLPT N2
  • 改造かいぞう

    remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction

    JLPT N2
  • 製造せいぞう

    manufacture; production

    JLPT N3
  • 造船ぞうせん

    shipbuilding

    JLPT N2
  • 人造じんぞう

    artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic

    JLPT N2
  • 偽造ぎぞう

    forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication

    JLPT N1
  • 創造そうぞう

    creation

    JLPT N1
  • 荷造りにづくり

    packing; baling; crating

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.