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創 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
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Meaning
to create; found; originate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

倉 "storehouse" plus 刂 "blade"; cutting open a way and starting anew — hence "to create, found."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō創造そうぞう独創どくそう刀創とうそう
Kunつくるtsukuru創るつくる

Compare: 作る・造る

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 創作そうさく

    creative work

  • 創立そうりつ

    founding (of a school etc.)

More words with this kanji

  • 満身創痍まんしんそうい
  • 創痍そうい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この学校(がっこう)は百(ひゃく)年(ねん)前(まえ)に創立(そうりつ)された。

This school was founded a hundred years ago.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

創作創立創作to mak…立stand刻to car…割to div…劇drama刈reap刊to pub…宗religi…奏to pla…窓window装to dre…層layer
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading ソウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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