創

See also: 创 and 剙

Translingual

Han character

創 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口中弓 (ORLN), four-corner 8260₀, composition ⿰倉刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 143, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2127
• Dae Jaweon: page 323, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 350, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5275

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Chinese

trad.		創
simp.		创
alternative forms		刅 剏／创 剙／创 瘡／疮 𠛂 刅 剏／创 剙／创 瘡／疮 𠛂 𠛲 𠝀 𠞴 𠟐 𨱠 𠛝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 創
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (倉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖	*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶	*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs) : phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ) + semantic 刂 (“knife”) – wound.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 創

1. to start to (do something); to do something (for the first time); to found; to create; to establish
2. to expand; to broaden; to extend
3. to write; to start to compile
4. to punish; to penalise
5. unique; special; unseen; creative

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 創

1. to injure; to harm; to damage
2. to cut; to slash; to sever
3. damage; wound; knife cut
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 瘡／疮 (chuāng, “sore”).

Further reading

• “Entry #8183”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

創

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. injury, wound
2. originate, start

Readings

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjang, “injury, wound”):

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: きず (kizu, 創); きずつける (kizutsukeru, 創ける)

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjangH, “originate, start”):

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: つくる (tsukuru, 創る, Jōyō); はじめる (hajimeru, 創める)
• Nanori: はじむ (hajimu)

Compounds

Compounds

• 創作(そうさく) (sōsaku, “create”)
• 創始(そうし) (sōshi, “initiating”)
• 創唱(そうしょう) (sōshō)
• 創造(そうぞう) (sōzō, “creation”)
• 創世(そうせい) (sōsei, “creation of the world”)
• 創薬(そうやく) (sōyaku, “drug creation”)
• 開創(かいそう) (kaisō, “initial opening”)
• 挫創(ざそう) (zasō, “bruise”)
• 射創(しゃそう) (shasō, “gunshot wound”)
• 刃創(じんそう) (jinsō)
• 打(だ)撲(ぼく)創(そう) (dabokusō)
• 刀創(とうそう) (tōsō, “sword wound”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
創
そう Grade: 6
kan’on

/t͡ʃau/ → /sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjang|tsrhjangH).

Proper noun

創(そう) • (Sō) ^{←さう (sau)?}

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
創
つくる Grade: 6
irregular

Nominalization of verb 創る (tsukuru, “to create (new things)”).

Proper noun

創(つくる) • (Tsukuru) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
創
はじめ Grade: 6
irregular

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin, start”).

Proper noun

創(はじめ) • (Hajime) 

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

創 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

創: Hán Nôm readings: sáng, sang

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