創

genesis

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingソウ、ショウ

Kun readingつく.る、はじ.める、きず、けず.しける

Jōyō Grade 6

original idea
originality

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical刀knife 刂variant

Components

How it's built

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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

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)

wound (from an edged weapon)

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

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 創

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