Meaning & readings
create, make, structure, physique
Origin
This character combines the idea of "announce" or "inform" (the top part, 告) with the "walk" or "movement" radical (the left side, ⻌ — the same shape you see in characters about going places). Together, these suggest the process of building or creating something by moving forward with purpose and communication. Over time, this came to mean the broader idea of "make" or "construct" — the deliberate assembly of something new. The character's structure reflects how creation involves both planning (the announcement component) and active work (the movement component).
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 告
- ⻌
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 10
- Kangxi radical
- 162
- Grade
- Grade 5 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #429 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+09020