Hanja Analyzer
創

創 — chang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
비롯할 창
Romanization
chang
English
establish, create; knife cut
Mandarin
chuàng
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
つく.る はじ.める きず けず.しける
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#741 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
刅 戧
Radical
刀 (18, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
倉(창)
Unicode
U+5275

Parts that make up 創

  • 倉 곳집 창sound 곡식을 넣어 두는 곳집곳집. ‘창·창’ 계열의 소리
  • 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

How 創 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 創 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 倉, 刀.

Korean example words with 創

  • 인창刃創 Korean gloss: 칼날에 다친 흉
  • 창사創寺 Korean gloss: 절을 새로 세움
  • 열창裂創 Korean gloss: 피부가 찢어져서 생긴 상처
  • 창초創初 Korean gloss: 하늘과 땅이 생겨난 맨 처음
  • 창정創定 Korean gloss: 전에 없던 것을 처음으로 정함
  • 창상創傷 Korean gloss: 칼, 창, 총검 따위에 다친 상처
  • 창업創業 Korean gloss: 사업 따위를 처음으로 이루어 시작함
  • 창조創造 Korean gloss: 신(神)이 우주 만물을 처음으로 만듦
  • 창립創立 Korean gloss: 기관이나 단체 따위를 새로 만들어 세움
  • 창의創意 Korean gloss: 새로운 의견을 생각하여 냄. 또는 그 의견
  • 창건創建 Korean gloss: 건물이나 조직체 따위를 처음으로 세우거나 만듦
  • 창학創學 Korean gloss: 학교 따위의 교육 기관을 처음으로 이루어 시작함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 創

  • 創設そうせつ establishment; founding; organization
  • 創立そうりつ establishment; founding; organization
  • 創刊そうかん foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching
  • 創造そうぞう creation; Creation (by God)
  • 創業そうぎょう establishment (of a business); founding
  • 創作そうさく creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.)
  • 創価学会そうかがっかい Soka Gakkai (lay organization based on Nichiren Buddhism)
  • 創出そうしゅつ creation; generation
  • 創意そうい original idea; originality
  • 創始そうし creation; founding; initiating
  • 創造的そうぞうてき creative
  • 独創どくそう originality

Characters sharing the phonetic 倉

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “창” in Korean.

Other hanja read “창”

Other hanja with radical 刀

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences