作物
さくもつ · sakumotsu · JLPT N3 · noun
gram
🌾🥕 作物 = make + thing: what the farm makes, its crops
作 (saku) means to make or grow, as in 作る (tsukuru), and 物 (motsu/mono) means thing. Things a field makes are its crops. Sound hook: sakumotsu, a sack of motsu (things) at harvest.
作 — person radical 亻 + 乍
作 combines the person radical 亻 with 乍, which originally depicted a sudden action or making something. The character means 'to do, make, or create,' with 亻 indicating human activity and 乍 supplying the sound. Over time it broadened to cover works, deeds, and acting as something.