げ
戯
さく
作

noun

  1. cheap literature, writing for amusement.
  2. light literature popular in the late Edo period.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
げ
戯
さく
作
 戯作 げさく
ぎ
戯
さく
作
 戯作 ぎさく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

frolic, play, sport
ギ　ざ.れる　ゲ (7th, N1)
void, emptiness, unpreparedness
キョ　むな.しい　コ (8th, N1)
tiger spots, mottled, tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141)
コ (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
make, production, prepare
サク　つく.る　サ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ　サク　-なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)