造

Translingual

Etymology

辶 + 告

Han character

造 (radical 162 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹土口 (YHGR), four-corner 3430₆)

1. construct, build, make, begin
2. prepare

References

• KangXi: Template:Han KangXi link, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38898
• Dae Jaweon: page 1746, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3841, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9020

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Cantonese

Hanzi

造 (Jyutping zou6, Yale jou6)

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Japanese

Kanji

造

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. create, make, physique, structure

Readings

• On: ぞう (zō)
• Kun: つくる (造る, tsukuru), いたる (itaru), なる (naru)

Compounds

• 創造
• 構造

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Korean

Hanja

造 (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
造

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin zào Zhuyin ㄗㄠˋ IPA (key) /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/ Audio (file)

Verb

造 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zào)

1. to make, to build
   • John 1.3

     万物是借着他造的。凡被造的，没有一样不是借着他造的。

     Wànwù shì jièzhe tā zào de. Fán beì zào de, méiyǒu yīyàng búshì jièzhe tā zào de.

     All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Hanzi

造 (Pinyin zào (zao4), Wade-Giles tsao⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

造 (tạo, xáo, xạo, tháo)