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作用

12 strokes in total

📖 English Meaning

affect, touch on, influence, shape, mathematical process, act, effect, activity, function

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Hiragana:
さよう
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Romaji:
sayou
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Character Meanings
作 make; work; compose, write; act, perform
用 use, employ, apply, operate; use
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