"作" meaning in Korean

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Character

Forms: 지을 작 [eumhun]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 作 (MC tsak). Recorded as Middle Korean 작 (cak) (Yale: cak) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. Etymology templates: {{der|ko|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|作|id=3}} 作 (MC tsak), {{lang|ko|新增類合 / 신증유합}} 新增類合 / 신증유합, {{hanja-sinjeung|작|cak}} Recorded as Middle Korean 작 (cak) (Yale: cak) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. Head templates: {{ko-hanja|지을|작}} 作 (eumhun 지을 작 (jieul jak))
  1. hanja form of 작 (“composition”) Tags: form-of, hanja Form of: (extra: composition) Derived forms: 걸작 (geoljak) (alt: 傑作) (english: masterpiece), 망작 (mangjak) (alt: 亡作) (english: rubbish work), 명작 (myeongjak) (alt: 名作) (english: excellent work), 범작 (beomjak) (alt: 凡作) (english: average work), 수작 (sujak) (alt: 秀作) (english: good work), 시작 (sijak) (alt: 始作), 작가 (jakga) (alt: 作家), 제작 (jejak) (alt: 製作), 창작 (changjak) (alt: 創作) (english: creation)
    Sense id: en-作-ko-character-mDTp1wj~ Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean hanja, Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Middle Korean hanja Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 49 25 26 Disambiguation of Korean hanja: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 41 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Character

Forms: 만들 주 [eumhun], 만들 자 [eumhun]
Etymology: Related to Middle Chinese 做 (MC tsaH). Etymology templates: {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|做|tr=tsaH}} 做 (MC tsaH) Head templates: {{ko-hanja|만들다|만들|주}} 作 (eumhun 만들 주 (mandeul ju)), {{ko-hanja|만들다|만들|자}} 作 (eumhun 만들 자 (mandeul ja))
  1. (literary Chinese) alternative form of 做 (“hanja form of 주/자 (“to make”)”) Tags: Chinese, alt-of, alternative, literary Alternative form of: (extra: (“hanja form of 주/자 (“to make”)”))
    Sense id: en-作-ko-character-~~J3rJD~ Categories (other): Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 41 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character

Forms: 저주할 저 [eumhun]
Etymology: Related to Middle Chinese 詛 (MC tsrjoH). Etymology templates: {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|詛}} 詛 (MC tsrjoH) Head templates: {{ko-hanja|저주하다|저주할|저}} 作 (eumhun 저주할 저 (jeojuhal jeo))
  1. (literary Chinese) alternative form of 詛 (“hanja form of 저 (“to curse”)”) Tags: Chinese, alt-of, alternative, literary Alternative form of: (extra: (“hanja form of 저 (“to curse”)”))
    Sense id: en-作-ko-character-2ev4QTF8 Categories (other): Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 41 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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          "alt": "亡作",
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          "alt": "名作",
          "english": "excellent work",
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          "translation": "excellent work",
          "word": "명작"
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          "alt": "凡作",
          "english": "average work",
          "roman": "beomjak",
          "translation": "average work",
          "word": "범작"
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        {
          "alt": "秀作",
          "english": "good work",
          "roman": "sujak",
          "translation": "good work",
          "word": "수작"
        },
        {
          "alt": "始作",
          "roman": "sijak",
          "word": "시작"
        },
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          "alt": "作家",
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          "word": "작가"
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          "alt": "製作",
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          "word": "제작"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Korean dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.