草創

See also: 草创

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	begin; initiate; inaugurate begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma
trad. (草創)		草	創
simp. (草创)		草	创

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎochuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² cong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-chhòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎochuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎochuàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chʻuang⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-chwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochuanq
    • Palladius: цаочуан (caočuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² cong³
    • Yale: chóu chong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² tsong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² cong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-chhòng
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-tshòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoyzhoxng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹/

Verb

草創

1. to set about building; to begin to build

   帝圖草創，皇業初開。功高佐命，業贊雲雷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   帝图草创，皇业初开。功高佐命，业赞云雷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   Dì tú cǎochuàng, huángyè chū kāi. Gōng gāo zuǒmìng, yè zàn yúnléi. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (literary) to draft; to draw up

   • 草創未就，會遭此禍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     草创未就，会遭此祸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Translated by Burton Watson.

     Cǎochuàng wèi jiù, huì zāo cǐ huò. [Pinyin]

     Before I had finished my rough manuscript, I met with this calamity.

Synonyms

• (to draft):

edit

• 打稿子 (dǎgǎozi)
• 拍稿 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
• 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
• 草擬 / 草拟 (cǎonǐ)
• 起草 (qǐcǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	創
そう Grade: 1	そう Grade: 6
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

草(そう)創(そう) • (sōsō) ^{←さうさう (sausau)?}

1. beginning; inauguration

Derived terms

• 草(そう)創(そう)期(き) (sōsōki)

Verb

草(そう)創(そう)する • (sōsō suru) ^{←さうさう (sausau)?}transitive suru (stem 草(そう)創(そう)し (sōsō shi), past 草(そう)創(そう)した (sōsō shita))

1. to begin, to inaugurate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "草創する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	草創し	そうそうし	sōsō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	草創し	そうそうし	sōsō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	草創する	そうそうする	sōsō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	草創する	そうそうする	sōsō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	草創すれ	そうそうすれ	sōsō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	草創せよ¹ 草創しろ²	そうそうせよ¹ そうそうしろ²	sōsō seyo¹ sōsō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	草創される	そうそうされる	sōsō sareru
Causative	草創させる 草創さす	そうそうさせる そうそうさす	sōsō saseru sōsō sasu
Potential	草創できる	そうそうできる	sōsō dekiru
Volitional	草創しよう	そうそうしよう	sōsō shiyō
Negative	草創しない	そうそうしない	sōsō shinai
Negative continuative	草創せず	そうそうせず	sōsō sezu
Formal	草創します	そうそうします	sōsō shimasu
Perfective	草創した	そうそうした	sōsō shita
Conjunctive	草創して	そうそうして	sōsō shite
Hypothetical conditional	草創すれば	そうそうすれば	sōsō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “草創”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
草	創

Noun

草創 • (chochang) (hangeul 초창)

1. hanja form^? of 초창