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]
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))

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))

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

Synonyms

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

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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