Today’s second #kanji is #作. This one also has にんべん（イ, people）.

The right side 乍 is in Japanese often read as なが（ら）, meaning “while…” but apparently it can mean “to make” something new.

Meaning: to create, to cultivate

作物（サクブツ）: a literary work, an artistic production
作物（サクモツ）: crops, farm products
作文（サクブン）: a composition, writing
作家（サッカ）: an author, a writer, a novelist
大作（タイサク）: a monumental work, a major work
 in case of a boy’s name, it can be pronounced as ダイサク

作動（サドウ）: functioning, working, operation
作用（サヨウ）: an action, a function, an effect
動作（ドウサ）: an action, a movement, behaviour, operation
操作（ソウサ）: operation,  management, handling

作る（つくる）: to assemble, to manufacture, to build, to make
作り話（つくりばなし）: a fiction, a made-up story
物作り（ものづくり）: craftsmanship, making, manufacturing

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