创

創
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

他想创作一首新歌。
tāxiǎng chuàngzuò yīshǒu xīngē 。
He wants to create a new song.
我们需要创立一个新的组织。
wǒmen xūyào chuànglì yígè xīnde zǔzhī 。
We need to establish a new organization.
她在创作一部小说。
tāzài chuàngzuò yībù xiǎoshuō 。
She is writing a novel.

Same Characters, Different Readings

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

Words with similar meanings

创造chuàngzào
to create
A more general term for creating, often used in a broader context.
制作zhìzuò
to make
Focuses on the act of making or producing something, usually more tangible.

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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