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

Verb

形作る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana かたちづくる, rōmaji katachizukuru)

  1. to shape something, to give form to something

形作る (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana かたちづくる, rōmaji katachizukuru)

  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. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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