形作る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
形 作
かたち
Grade: 2 		つく > づく
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 形 (katachi, “shape”) +‎ 作る (tsukuru, “to build, to make”).[1][2] The tsukuru changes to zukuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かたちづくる [kàtáchízúkúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2][3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠t͡ɕizɨkɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

形(かたち)作(づく)る • (katachizukuru) transitive godan (stem 形(かたち)作(づく)り (katachizukuri), past 形(かたち)作(づく)った (katachizukutta))

  1. to shape something, to give form to something

形(かたち)作(づく)る • (katachizukuru) intransitive godan (stem 形(かたち)作(づく)り (katachizukuri), past 形(かたち)作(づく)った (katachizukutta))

  1. to take shape, to come together
  2. to compose or comprise something, to make up a group

Synonyms

  • 形付(かたちづ)ける (katachizukeru) (transitive)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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