創

創 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口中弓 (ORLN), four-corner 8260₀, composition ⿰倉刂)

• 𤏬 𤺨 𣋃 𦼃 𭞶 𫤤 𬰌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 143, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2127
• Dae Jaweon: page 323, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 350, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5275

Historical forms of the character 創
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs) : phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”) – wound.

創

1. to start to (do something); to do something (for the first time); to found; to create; to establish
2. to expand; to broaden; to extend
3. to write; to start to compile
4. to punish; to penalise
5. unique; special; unseen; creative

   創意／创意  ―  chuàngyì  ―  creativity

6. (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of 撞 (“to hit”)
7. (Southern Min) to do; to perform
8. (Southern Min) to make; to produce
9. (Southern Min) to tease; to poke fun at

創

1. to injure; to harm; to damage
2. to cut; to slash; to sever
3. damage; wound; knife cut
4. Alternative form of 瘡／疮 (chuāng, “sore”)

• “Entry #8183”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. injury, wound
2. originate, start

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjang, “injury, wound”):

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: きず (kizu, 創); きずつける (kizutsukeru, 創ける)

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjangH, “originate, start”):

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: つくる (tsukuru, 創る, Jōyō); はじめる (hajimeru, 創める)
• Nanori: はじむ (hajimu)

/t͡ʃau/ → /sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjang|tsrhjangH).

創(そう) • (Sō) ^{←さう (sau)?}

1. a female given name

Nominalization of verb 創る (tsukuru, “to create (new things)”).

創(つくる) • (Tsukuru) 

1. a female given name

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin, start”).

創(はじめ) • (Hajime) 

1. a female given name

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjangH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠(ː)ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [창(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 創 (eumhun 비롯할 창 (birothal chang))

1. Hanja form^? of 창 (“to start; to originate”).
2. Hanja form^? of 창 (“unique; special; creative”).

From Middle Chinese 創 (MC tsrhjang).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [창]

創 (eumhun 다칠 창 (dachil chang))

1. Hanja form^? of 창 (“damage; wound”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

創: Hán Nôm readings: sáng, sang

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