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創

Create
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingつく.る、きず
JōyōGrade 6Level 26

Verbs with «創»

創造する創設する創出する
  1. wound
  2. injury
  3. cut
  4. gash
  5. bruise

Popular Usage

創作

Radicals and components

Radical刀knife刂variant
Components
How it's built
創
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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godown · meeting · single gate · umbrella · stable door · mouth (口) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1759

Compound words

創作そうさく
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); original work; (creative) writing
創始そうし
creation; founding; initiating
創意そうい
original idea; originality
創刊そうかん
foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching; first publication
創業そうぎょう
establishment (of a business); founding
創設そうせつ
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
創造そうぞう
creation; Creation (by God)
創立そうりつ
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
独創どくそう
originality
創出そうしゅつ
creation; generation
創造的そうぞうてき
creative
創造力そうぞうりょく
creative power; creativity
独創的どくそうてき
creative; original
創価学会そうかがっかい
Soka Gakkai (lay organization based on Nichiren Buddhism)
傷創しょうそう
wound
創案そうあん
conceiving (an idea)
創痕そうこん
scar
創痍そうい
wound (from an edged weapon)
再創造さいそうぞう
creating anew
創めるはじめる
to start
創案者そうあんしゃ
originator
絆創膏ばんそうこう
adhesive bandage
心身創痍しんしんそうい
being wounded in mind and body
創りだすつくりだす
to manufacture

Additional Examples

彼は創造的精神が欠けている。
He is barren of creative spirit.tatoeba
彼は司法試験に合格し、法律事務所を創設した。
He passed the law examination and set up a law office.tatoeba
創作物語である。
This is a fiction.wiki
全段を通じて創作である。
The entire story of this section is a fiction.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Create. 倉 (storehouse) + 刂 (knife) — a knife making the first cut, the start of something new. 創造 — creation.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 創

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step