Where does “作” come from?

作 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 作, from Middle Chinese 家.

作 (Japanese): a work, a production; a crop, a harvest; the...

Definitions

  1. a work, a production; a crop, a harvest; the...

Ancestry of “作”, step by step

作 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 作

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese作—
2Middle Chinese家—

via Japanese 作る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese作るto make; to cook; to write a literary work
Every word from Middle Chinese 家 →Every word from Middle Chinese 作 →