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作業

さぎょう

work, operation

Mnemonic

Making things as a trade, hands on it and taking up room while you do. A sack さ, gyo ぎょう, and he needs more space than this: さぎょう.

Worth knowing

仕事 しごと is your job and 働く はたらく is the verb, to work. 作業 is the physical work being done, the operation itself.

Built from

make, produce
亻 a person beside 乍, a shape that began as notches cut into wood.
work, trade
A rack of tools drawn hanging in a row. The work itself, and then the trade you do it in.

Words sharing these kanji

to make, to create tactic, strategy class, lesson

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