Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to build up.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
形作る かたちづくる
 
 
 
形づくる かたちづくる
 
形造る かたちづくる
 
容作る かたちづくる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

shape, form, style
かたち ケイ ギョウ (2nd, N3)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
make, production, prepare
サク つく.る サ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ サク -なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)