作り
つくり · tsukuri · JLPT N1 · noun
structure
🔨 tsukuri sounds like cook-ree: a cook makes things up from scratch
Noun form of 作る (tsukuru, to make). The same root covers making something up, a thing's structure, and a person's build or physique.
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.