创

剙
chuàng
#634 most
frequent character
to starte (doing something)
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

创 pairs 刂, a knife, with 仓 cāng for the sound. Its first sense was being wounded by a knife, which gave the reading chuāng and the noun 'wound'. Read chuàng, the same shape was borrowed for its sound to mean starting something, and from there to create.

Drawn as: knife wound

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Example Sentences

我想创作一首歌。
wǒxiǎng chuàngzuò yīshǒugē 。
I want to create a song.
他们正在创办一个新的公司。
tāmen zhèngzài chuàngbàn yígè xīnde gōngsī 。
They are starting a new company.
他创立了一个非营利组织。
tā chuànglì le yígè fēi yínglì zǔzhī 。
He created a non-profit organization.

Same Characters, Different Readings

创chuàng
to starte (doing something)
创chuāng
(bound form) a wound, to wound
创chuàng
to starte (doing something)

Words with similar meanings

创造chuàngzào
to create
More formal and often used in artistic or innovative contexts.
创作chuàngzuò
to compose/create (art or literature)
Specifically refers to creating artistic works.

Homophones

创chuàng
to starte (doing something)

Words Starting With 创

创造chuàng zào
to create; to bring about; to produce
创业chuàng yè
to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate; to venture; venture
创作chuàng zuò
to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation
创新chuàng xīn
innovation; to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails
创立chuàng lì
to found; establish; originate

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