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): [ka̠ta̠t͡ɕizɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

形(かたち)作(づく)る • (katachizukuru) transitive ichidan (stem 形(かたち)作(づく) (katachizuku), past 形(かたち)作(づく)た (katachizukuta))

  1. to shape something, to give form to something

形(かたち)作(づく)る • (katachizukuru) intransitive ichidan (stem 形(かたち)作(づく) (katachizuku), past 形(かたち)作(づく)た (katachizukuta))

  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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